Maryland’s concerns over data storage and security for police body cameras include:
- Price tag to store the data is prohibitively expensive
- The data costs have stopped police departments from using body cameras
- The storage retention policies differ for the recordings.
- General 90 day retention
- If there is an ongoing investigation data retention is for the length of the investigation
- any video considered evidence must be maintained for 4 years
Record Journal | Legislature expected to revisit body camera law after worry about data storage cost