N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5314.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 5314.4 - Required equipment; capabilities

The surveillance system shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(a) A surveillance system shall include light-sensitive cameras with lenses of sufficient magnification to allow the reading of information on, at a minimum, gaming chips, plaques, playing cards, dice, tiles, slot machine reel symbols, slot machine credit meters and employee credentials. Such cameras shall have 360-degree-pan, tilt and zoom capabilities, without camera stops, that allow effective and clandestine monitoring in detail and from various vantage points. A gaming facility licensee may use either an analog or digital video recording format, so long as the format selected incorporates current technology with regard to secure system access, video cameras, monitors, recorders, video printers, switches, selectors and other ancillary equipment and provides for surveillance of activities inside and outside the gaming facility.

(b) A surveillance system shall include video recording equipment that, at a minimum, shall:

(1) permit the preservation and viewing of a clear copy of the transmission produced by any camera connected to the surveillance system;

(2) be capable of superimposing the time and date of the transmission on each recording made by the video recording equipment; and

(3) enable the operator to identify and locate, through the use of a meter, counter or other device or method, a particular event that was recorded.

(c) A surveillance system shall be capable of recording media, which shall be replaced immediately upon the manifestation of any significant degradation in the quality of the images or sound, if applicable, recorded thereon.

(d) A surveillance system shall have audio capability in the soft-count room;

(e) A surveillance system shall have an emergency power system that can be used to operate the surveillance system in the event of a power failure, such power system to be tested at least annually, or more frequently if a test is failed; and

(f) A gaming facility shall implement a preventive maintenance program, executed by technicians subject to the direction and control of the director of surveillance, that ensures that the entire surveillance system is maintained in proper working order and that transparent covers over surveillance system cameras are cleaned in accordance with a routine maintenance schedule. In the event that preventive maintenance to be performed by a technician assigned to another department is required on an emergency basis, the surveillance department shall have priority with respect to staffing resources of such other department to ensure the efficacy of the surveillance system.

(g) Routine maintenance of surveillance equipment must be completed in one of the following ways:

(1) without compromising any of the surveillance coverage provided by the surveillance system; or

(2) according to a plan subject to the review and approval of the commission.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5314.4

Adopted New York State Register July 20, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 29, eff. 7/20/2016