DATA-CENTRAL
Today, most Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS) support a limited list of proprietary files captured from 3rd party devices and are largely only a DEMS for their first party devices (e.g., in-car, BWC). The use of video recordings and multimedia has grown exponentially in investigations and to review operational processes. This presents a need for new applications that can handle the increased size, complexity and variety of data that has disrupted traditional systems and workflows. As agencies continue to realize the immense demand of supporting proprietary files such as video, 3D applications, cell phone content, documents versions and more, requests for an easy way to ingest digital evidence from their 3rd party systems, as well as manage all their evidence in one central system on a day-to-day ongoing basis, increases. The current challenging environment for law enforcement, prosecutors, and county IT is stretching budgets in 2021 with no apparent solution on the horizon, yet the problem of managing legacy and current digital content is becoming more pressing as files and formats age and create the risk of losing critical evidence.
Agencies have been further motivated to find solutions to migrate their existing historical evidence in an affordable fashion for long-term management. Evidence currently stored on secondary devices such as VHS/LTO tape, CD/DVD/Blue-ray, thumb drives, and obsolete hardware, end-of-life formats, and the risk of physical damage from fires, floods, and earthquakes need to be securely migrated. Law Enforcement agencies need to protect and house their evidence for many years or “forever” as required by law. Digital evidence becomes increasingly difficult to retrieve and play back each year as the devices used to play back the files are no longer supported, the vendor no longer provides the hardware or software, the physical media hits its shelf life, and/or are incurring physical damage.
Any of these challenges affecting your organization?
Are proprietary files making your job difficult?
Having to support increased size, complexity, and varieties of data?Do you have multiple vendors creating "silos" of digital content?
Having a hard time ingesting and managing video, 3D applications, cell phone content, documents, etc.?
Is it difficult to retrieve and view digital media?
Are you dissatisfied with your current workflow and processes?
Can you cost effectively manage legacy and current digital content without risk of loss?
Are you continually asking for more budget for storage and feeling pressured to come up with a solution?
If you answered “yes,” to any or all of these questions...
Having to support increased size, complexity, and varieties of data?Do you have multiple vendors creating "silos" of digital content?
Having a hard time ingesting and managing video, 3D applications, cell phone content, documents, etc.?
Is it difficult to retrieve and view digital media?
Are you dissatisfied with your current workflow and processes?
Can you cost effectively manage legacy and current digital content without risk of loss?
Are you continually asking for more budget for storage and feeling pressured to come up with a solution?
If you answered “yes,” to any or all of these questions...
