You could minimize the storage costs with a policy of automation deletion / overwrite after 7 days unless a request has been made to retain the footage. If a request is made, then all footage subject to that request is kept until a final court ruling. 7 days should be sufficient time for someone to get an attorney and make an initial request. That request process could also be simplified (form on the department's web site, etc). Any officer involved shooting could also trigger automatic retention of the data.srothstein wrote:This call could be an example of why using the body camera and the car camera for any citizen contact is a good idea, even if it is an expensive one. Storage costs for all of the data that would produce would be enormous, in addition to the cost of having an employee review the recordings to determine which get kept and which get deleted as unnecessary.
Body cameras protect everyone involved, including the police.