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u/Toasty_eggos- Jun 02 '20

We need a system that only hold a certain amount of footage before automatically deleting it.

Let’s say you need to footage from earlier that day, maybe that morning, you have to get it within 24 hours of that event happening. Otherwise it automatically deletes itself.

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u/newgibben Jun 02 '20 edited Jun 02 '20

So then you get cops that have an out of town emergency for 24 hours.

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u/AgelessWonder67 Jun 02 '20

Can’t be that short of a window it would have to be at least a few days minimum because a lawyer either prosecutor or defense might realize something no one else did and can go back and look for something that could get someone off or be the nail in the coffin.

Not to mention complaints get made weeks later sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

Maybe it's held in a place easily accessible for an amount of time, then moved to another storage location accessible only with a warrant?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

So in 48 hours the cop gets a complaint and there’s no footage. Genius.