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Boosting city-wide collaboration and data dissemination instead of burning DVDs and manually sharing evidence , everything related to data dissemination has been streamlined in Clearance .
New Brighton has created user groups for both county and city attorneys with specific user permissions . This allows them to handle their disclosures and share evidence with public defenders as well .
“ Before Clearance , the defense attorneys would request disclosures through the City Attorney ’ s Office and they would give them a form to request evidence directly from us . Now , the county and city attorneys have access to Clearance and can handle disclosures without our involvement ,” said Hamdorf .
Supporting other agencies with new digital evidence strategies
Using the Clearance camera registry feature , the department has started collaborating with other local organizations .
An example is the Minnesota Department of Transportation ( MnDOT ).
ALL OUR PROCESSES FROM EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND SHARING TO DATA RETENTION AND DELETION HAVE BEEN STREAMLINED .
Some of the interstate cameras are linked on a city map with Clearance . When an incident occurs , they can quickly locate nearby cameras and send MnDOT a video evidence request , all from the DEMS .
“ We ’ ve gained a lot from this solution . We want to share what we ’ ve learned with other agencies and help them achieve these efficiencies too . From a time , resources and safety perspective , there ’ s great value in this cloudbased public safety technology ,” said Hamdorf . p
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