Does the digital system provide better video file management than tape based systems?
Using a server solution to store, sort, share and archive video evidence is a long term solution based upon the latest computer technology. All of your agency’s evidence storage can be accomplished on a secure server, no more stacking tapes or DVD’s on a shelf. Evidence files can be “archived” by many different standard or customized identification “tags”, the same as saving a Word or Excel file. A server solution can be set to automatically delete (after a certain number of days or weeks or months) all of those files that are not identified to be archived, thus managing your storage needs. Does the digital system pass your IT department’s stamp of approval? The manufacturer must satisfy the technology requirements of the agency’s IT department. Is the back end system designed to provide adequate security of video data files? If your back-end system is a server then the security issues are already minimized relative to tapes or DVD’s stored on a shelf in a room that may not have restri
