Storage Costs
- The rush to outfit police officers with body cameras after last summer's unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, threatens to saddle local governments with steep costs for managing the volumes of footage they must keep for months or even years, according to contracts, invoices and company data reviewed by The Associated Press.
The storage expenses — running into the millions of dollars in some cities — often go overlooked in the debates over using cameras as a way to hold officers accountable and to improve community relations.
Yet those costs can have a significant effect on city and county budgets, and in some cases may force police chiefs to choose between paying officers on the street or paying yearly video storage fees.
In light of Rahm's screeds about no money for the pension, the balloon payment, etc., taking on additional millions in storage and management fees would be highly irresponsible. Unless it was with some brand new fresh start up...a connected start up...a Vanecko-type company formed just this year to handle body camera videos.
Nah, not in Chicago.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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Should keep them for minimum of five years. Storage is cheap. Every city or suburb has abandoned buildings. Pick one of appropriate size. Make sure it is made secure and voila, a storage place.
Let the laughter begin as they try their damndest to have it both ways...
Onerous and intrusive video/audio surveillance to jackpot the Police versus the expense municipalities will incur in order to archive the surveillance and fund the jackpot...
Obama will probably announce a camera program sometime this year. The DOJ will provide all the equipment and storage. The city will have to give up its control of the police dept. to the feds though. We'll all work for the Federal DOJ and Eric Holder's race-baiting acolytes.
Where's the Olympic money Rahmie?
Where did you and the Daley's stash it?
I know it's Rantoul, but the retention for their body cameras is 90 days. Retention is longer when force has to be used, Its 5 years. At first they didn't like the idea, but now they support having them. They Said they show just how foolish some people act and supports the police.
Remember---it's for the children. The children of the connected that is.
When covering extreme Chicago action you need
Gopro cameras. Extreme weather, violence, and quick action. A camera that maintains and sustains. Gopro or you just go no camera.
Vanecko is just Chicago's version of Mr Heaney of Hooterville.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Should keep them for minimum of five years. Storage is cheap. Every city or suburb has abandoned buildings. Pick one of appropriate size. Make sure it is made secure and voila, a storage place.
2/09/2015 12:44:00 AM
You are an idiot
Good article on the cost of storage
http://news.yahoo.com/police-body-cameras-big-costs-loom-storing-footage-174207101.html
Pensions. Federal judge checks CalPERS bullying tactics.
This is big news for public pensions. The state cannot stop bankruptcy courts from modifying public pensions.
Calpers Gets Schooled
http://www.wsj.com/articles/calpers-gets-schooled-1423438997
"Illinois is currently ground zero in this showdown."
Store it in the Cloud. Or create a PD equivalent. It's not rocket science. Probably even find a private company to handle the job for way less than the PD would cost.
These body cameras will go the way of the in car camera...relegated to useless junk in three years.
RhAM had no problem boatsing the 50 million tourists he claimed came to Chgo' last year and the $800 plus million in tax revenue he claimed. Want to se if FLOP recognizes this when he tells them to get on your knees and beg for pension money. That along with the $500 plus million of camera revenue can right a lot of wrongs. Look at all the complaints that were saved by not having coppers making traffic stops for red lights etc.
There'll be a Vanecko or a Tadin or DALEY storage company to suck up the rigged contract.
Ummm, yeah that's not gonna work here. Broken, stolen, or lost in 90 days. How many beat cars in the city have; working PDT, in car camera without a ticket, a citation writer that works, non-broken rifle rack, fire extinguisher, spare tire, jack and all accessories, hazmat coveralls, and first aid kit? Free early duck from Garry and Rham if anyone has a winner.
Anonymous said...
Should keep them for minimum of five years. Storage is cheap. Every city or suburb has abandoned buildings. Pick one of appropriate size. Make sure it is made secure and voila, a storage place.
2/09/2015 12:44:00 AM
You dope. That is not the kind of storage that is needed. Terabytes upon terabytes of computer storage is needed moron.
An old warehouse, that is almost funny.
Detective list out
The department can't even maintain the in car camera systems. I don't see wasting money on the body cameras. Fix the equipment we have!
I think the guy who suggested using abandoned buildings was being sarcastic.
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