In-Car Video Management: Technology and Trends

Agenda Things to Consider –Analog vs. Digital What Makes a good Video Solution It’s All about Protection –Protecting: Officers, Evidence, Community and Citizens Things to Come

Analog vs. Digital Technologies Pre and Post event recording Greater reliability – less moving parts Higher capacity and more compact storage media Better evidentiary value of the digital video file Wireless transfer capability (easy and secure) Ability to record additional metadata such as GPS, speed, brake, etc Better authentication and security capability Significantly better search, storage, and security Ease of sharing files

What Makes a Good Video Solution ? Quality and reliability of the video output Quality and reliability of the Camera Quality and reliability of the Recording Quality and reliability of the Playback Ability to safely store, transfer, search, copy, archive, secure, and provide sustainable evidence in court – THE BACKEND! It’s a Business Driven Solution System Support

Extra Slides (6) Camera and Video Equipment Data Transfer Management Storage Integration Support

A Good Digital Video Solution IS Protection Officers Evidence Citizens Community

Officer Safety Training Tool –Improve technique, SOPs Wider Angle –Allows officer to move out of traffic and danger zones but still be “in frame” Zoom & Low-light Recording –Surveillance at safer distance –See what others can’t Protects from false claims that can derail careers and limit advancement

Protects the Evidence Clear & Detailed –Highest quality video Reliable –Rebuttable & Proven Technology Secure & Tamper-proof Efficient –Smallest file size, best file management

Protects the Community Risk Mitigation –Protects from false claims that can cost millions of dollars and cause bad community relations Improved adherence to SOP Invaluable investigative tool Protected Video –Try your case in court, NOT the court of public opinion –Out-of-context video – Someone WILL record the event. You need a complete & accurate record

Protects the Citizens Provides Visual accountability Higher convictions rates takes dangerous criminals off the streets

Cameras that offer Wider Angle Lens Improves Officer Safety

Traffic Stop with Wide Angle Lens

In 2006, 247 Officers were Killed here Danger Zone Let’s look at that traffic stop again

This is the angle/coverage area of the average video systems This is the angle/coverage area of a system w/Wide angle Lens

Danger Zone The Goal is to eliminate or greatly reduce this danger zone

Danger Zone In an effort to improve officer safety, many departments have adopted a “turn-out” SOP The only issue is a normal camera angle WILL NOT capture the entire scene A System with a Wide angle Offers Better Coverage!

Here is an alternate form of a similar “Turn-out” SOP

Here is what you get with a wide angle lens And what you lose with standard systems

What does the Future Hold?

Arbitrator 1.1 Forecast Combined Technologies Fixed Video ALPR Streaming Video

The Goal: Be able to present an accurate depiction of an event from “cuffs to court”

The Next Big Thing H.264 Quality and Size (Bit-rate) H.264 clearly has a bright future, mostly because it offers much better compression efficiency than previous compression schemes. The improved efficiency translates into three main benefits, or a combination of them: Higher video quality at a given bit-rate: reduction in artifacts such as blockiness, color bands etc. Higher resolution: as the video world transitions to High Definition, a mechanism is needed to deliver it. Lower storage requirements: lower storage requirements will allow for large amounts of content to be delivered on a single disc.

The Difference is Clear For a given bit-rate, the level of video quality or resolution is greatly enhanced with H.264 MPEG 2 H.264

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