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EvidenceWorks® is the UK’s leading solution for the management of digital evidence. Components of the suite are in use in 15 UK Police forces and Criminal Justice agencies ranging from standalone interview recording units to a fully networked, multi-media solution encompassing interviews, CCTV, Body Worn Video, Crime Scene imagery and public provision media.

Over 1000 EvidenceWorks® purpose designed evidential interview recording units have managed 1 million recordings across the UK and is the widest used networked interview recording solution in the UK.The use of digital technology is expanding exponentially to cover all aspects of life. To handle the vast volumes from digital sources Police and Criminal Justice agencies worldwide need to deploy robust solutions to effectively capture, ingest, secure, analyse, use and share all this potentially evidential material.

EvidenceWorks® is a proven, enterprise solution that has been built specifically to support the digital future of policing:

Reducing the risk of data loss through secure, robust storage and data sharing capabilities
Cost saving through the removal of the need for media storage and transport
Transforming operations through enabling process change and delivery of efficiencies

The EvidenceWorks® Suite

Key Features

Benefits

Provide continuity of evidence from ‘capture to court’ of digital assets — securely and consistently manage all digital evidence

Access and usage governed by enterprise role based security model
Full audit trail of all actions performed with digitally signed media
Consistent approach across all media and sources
Supports MoPI guidance and process

Remove or reduce silo’d IT systems and associated business practises

Facilitate streamlined working across teams and investigations
Configurable workflow supports business process and allows changing processes over time
Simplify IT administration, support and security management
Provide 24x7x365 support with appropriate SLA’s for enterprise DEM platform

Technology ‘agnostic’ approach — DEM independent of BWV

Supports multiple Body Worn Video cameras allowing a mixed camera estate
Reduces risk of Body Worn Video vendor ‘lock-in’ at tech refresh stage

Ready for integration with local, regional or national data sharing requirements and standards

A single point of data streaming and transfer

Protect specialist video processing teams and facilities for serious crime

Enable digital media for volume crime to be handled by officers in case without recourse to specialist video/technical teams
Reduced or removed need for DVD burning and physical media handling

Reduced or eliminated costs for DVD media, transportation and media burning time/equipment

Significantly reduced risk of data loss and DPA breaches

Supports flexible storage solutions which change over time

On premise, tiered & private secure cloud options are available.

Protect core transactional processing systems / Records Management Systems from demands of video streaming and editing

RMS cross referencing and integration

Supports evidence-type specific processes

Streamlined transcription support for digital interviews
‘Real-time’ live monitoring of in-progress interviews across the network

Strategic roadmap — active product investment and development focussed on policing priorities

Facilitate the support of new and emerging technology and business process improvements such as the real-time capture and upload from officer smartphones captured at the scene of a reported crime