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Mobile Evidence Capture Success Story
Major Rodney Milburn Commander Special Operations Division
Sandy Sundberg Metro Technology Louisville, Kentucky, Police Department
History of Louisville Metro Police Department
• Louisville Division of Police, 1778 - 2003• Jefferson County Police Department, 1790 -
2003• Louisville Metro Police Department, est. 2003
About Louisville Metro Police
• 1254 Sworn Personnel• 800 Non Sworn• 900 MDC (supporting both Police and Fire)• 300 Digital Video In Car Camera Systems• 400 VHS In Car Camera Systems• Patrols 386 square miles• 38 Miles of the Ohio River• Service Population of 709,264• MSA Population of 1,233,735
Obstacles facing Metro Police at Merger
• Repair and replacement of legacy VHS systems
• Storage of VHS tapes - Kentucky Revised Statutes requires 26 months
• Over 15,000 VHS tapes in storage
• Personnel cost associated with managing the legacy VHS systems
Considerations on choosing a digital system
• Current limitations of the VHS systems• Benefits of a digital systems• Requirements
Works with current MDC technologyAbility to upload video by different methodsCamera – Ability for low light, infrared, wide
angle and zoomAudio – Digital wireless microphone systemVideo File Integrity – in carFile Management system
Considerations on choosing a digital system
• Judicial Acceptance Education process of court personnel Media format (CD, DVD, VHS) Ability of the courts to use new technology
Why We Chose an In-Car Digital Video Solution
• Beta tested first system• Ease of use of software on MDC• Multiple ways to transfer video• Video is not stored on MDC• Video files are stored in proprietary format• Original video file is NEVER removed from
server• Ability to catalogue video files in different ways• Ability to duplicate video in different formats
Why We Chose an In-Car Digital Video Solution
• Ability for users to add bookmarks and notes for future reference or court presentation
• Video system works with NetMotion Wireless Mobility
• Support from Panasonic, Insight Video Net and GTSI
Installation of the system• Installation of SAN for video
system
• Arbitrator front end software
• SQL based
• Easy GUI for end users for searching
• Right based controls for user logins
• Storage requirements
• 802.11 sites
Installation of the system
• Who will do the installation of the in car systems
• Training of the installers and users
• Support from all personnel
Success of the system
• Clarity of video play back
• Identification of criminal suspects in federal case
• Presentation in court cases
• Capture of key evidence in death of suspect
Contact Information
• Major Rodney Milburn, Louisville Metro Police, 502-574-0801, cell 817-0500 [email protected]
• Sandy Sundberg, Louisville Metro, 502-574-3502, cell 502-376-9311 [email protected]