Data TREND. 3 Ways Counties are managing body camera data.

Body cameras- love them, hate them- they collect data and a lot of data.

Lots of people support body cameras:

• 2/3 of police support body cameras
• 60% of the public supports body cameras
• Harris County Sheriff’s Office deployed 2500 body cameras

Body cameras are everywhere in law enforcement, so how are counties handling all that data?

• Harris Co. manages manages approximately 10PB of digital evidence
• Harris County’s 10PB of digital evidence is expected to double in 3-5 years
• Harris County created vendor partners, bringing body cameras together with a storage solution by Dell’s EMC line
• Data storage requires a categorization process- keep DWI videos separate from other felony arrests
• Create a data retention policy

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