Police Body Cameras and Data Security, Data Retention Policies

TexasLegislature passed body cameras for law enforcement officers, SB 158 by West. It’ll create a lot of data.

“Seattle Police Department alone produced over 360 terabytes of data from dashboard cameras.” its a lot of data, that must be stored securely, whcih can be costly. 

Recently updated FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) policies offer guidance on safe data storage. 

Federal Times