Hey, great idea. Yup. Unhuh.
Let's see, to have each officer with one of these devices it would cost (conservative estimate) $250 each (to those of you that think "I've seen ones for far less." - you forget that these will need to be of verify-able quality/endurance). After the $250 per officer, you will need replacement memory cards - NO, YOU DO NOT GET TO REUSE THE MEMORY CARDS. For evidence to be usable in court, it must be on - "new" media (been there, done that).
With all those cards being brought in each shift you will need a person to handle cataloging, storage and retrieval. For that information to be usable in court, it MUST have been maintained in secured storage, under direct police control.
The person in the storage area (actually it will need to be at least two people, per shift, since there are such things as bio-breaks and vacations) will need a full log of what transpired on the officers shift so that information can be found quickly.
etc. etc. etc. - A solution looking for a problem to fix. :banghead:
Let's see, to have each officer with one of these devices it would cost (conservative estimate) $250 each (to those of you that think "I've seen ones for far less." - you forget that these will need to be of verify-able quality/endurance). After the $250 per officer, you will need replacement memory cards - NO, YOU DO NOT GET TO REUSE THE MEMORY CARDS. For evidence to be usable in court, it must be on - "new" media (been there, done that).
With all those cards being brought in each shift you will need a person to handle cataloging, storage and retrieval. For that information to be usable in court, it MUST have been maintained in secured storage, under direct police control.
The person in the storage area (actually it will need to be at least two people, per shift, since there are such things as bio-breaks and vacations) will need a full log of what transpired on the officers shift so that information can be found quickly.
etc. etc. etc. - A solution looking for a problem to fix. :banghead: