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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Code of Law.

15.03.320 General Requirements

(a) All facilities operated by a registered entity, including any manufacturing facility and dispensing facility, shall have a security system to prevent and detect diversion, theft or loss of marijuana and/or medical marijuana products, utilizing commercial grade equipment, which shall, at a minimum, include:

(1) A perimeter alarm;

(2) Motion detectors;

(3) Video cameras in all areas that may contain marijuana and at all points of entry and exit, which shall be appropriate for the normal lighting conditions of the area under surveillance. The manufacturing facility or dispensing facility shall direct cameras at all approved safes, approved vaults, dispensing areas, marijuana sales areas and any other area where marijuana is being manufactured, stored, handled, dispensed or disposed of. At entry and exit points, the manufacturing facility or dispensing facility shall angle cameras so as to allow for the capture of clear and certain identification of any person entering or exiting the facility;

(4) Twenty-four (24) hour recordings from all video cameras, which the manufacturing facility or dispensing facility shall make available for immediate viewing by the Authority or the Authority's authorized representative upon request and shall be retained for at least 90 days. The registered entity shall provide the Authority with an unaltered copy of such recording upon request. If a registered entity is aware of a pending criminal, civil or administrative investigation or legal proceeding for which a recording may contain relevant information, the registered entity shall retain an unaltered copy of the recording until the investigation or proceeding is closed or the entity conducting the investigation or proceeding notifies the registered entity that it is not necessary to retain the recording;

(5) A duress alarm, which for purposes of this section means a silent security alarm system signal generated by the entry of a designated code into an arming station in order to signal that the alarm user is being forced to turn off the system;

(6) A panic alarm, which for purposes of this section, means an audible security alarm system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life threatening or emergency situation requiring a law enforcement response;

(7) A holdup alarm, which for purposes of this section, means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress;

(8) An automatic voice dialer or digital dialer, which for purposes of this sectionn, means any electrical, electronic, mechanical, or other device capable of being programmed to send a prerecorded voice message, when activated, over a telephone line, radio or other communication system, to a law enforcement, public safety or emergency services agency requesting dispatch, or other Authority approved industry standard equivalent;

(9) A failure notification system that provides an audible, text or visual notification of any failure in the surveillance system. The failure notification system shall provide an alert to the manufacturing facility or dispensing facility within five minutes of the failure, either by telephone, email, or text message;

(10) The ability to immediately produce a clear color still photo that is a minimum of 9600 dpi from any camera image (live or recorded);

(11) A date and time stamp embedded on all recordings. The date and time shall be synchronized and set correctly and shall not significantly obscure the picture; and

(12) The ability to remain operational during a power outage.

(b) A registered entity shall ensure that any manufacturing facility and dispensing facility maintains all security system equipment and recordings in a secure location so as to prevent theft, loss, destruction or alterations.