Chicago Police Department
MediaSolv implemented the first digital Video Interview Solution for CPD that was designed exclusively for the Law Enforcement community. Based upon ClearView technology, the solution complies with Illinois state law mandating audio/video recording of all homicide interviews by ensuring evidentiary chain of custody for all interview recordings. ClearView is a scalable system that accommodated CPD's detailed functional requirements.

CPD's project required us to build a system that accommodates thirty six (36) interview rooms within six (6) precincts around the Chicago metropolitan area, providing continuous audio/video recording for as long as forty-eight (48) hours, and guarantees high-speed digital media transmission to the CPD headquarters for permanent storage into its proprietary case management system, I-CLEAR.

All rooms are equipped with video cameras and microphones. MediaSolv's design incorporated a workflow process that is "officer friendly" and accommodates the CPD's standard operating procedures (SOPs) that mandate a design that:

• is easy to use;
• has fail-safe on/off controls; and
• ensures a chain of custody.

The solution also provided an interview room control panel with a digital display and an attorney-client privilege switch that temporarily stops audio/video recording yet monitors the time clock.

Metropolitan Police Department
Designated as Project VIRTU (Video Interview Room Technology Upgrade), this project was the collaboration between MediaSolv Corporation and the MPD to comply with D.C. law and internal MPD regulations regarding the recording of police interviews. The project encompassed the recording of interviews for all crime types.

The MediaSolv™ solution, which also included the ClearView product, was installed to record and manage these digital assets. Our solution provides chain-of-custody control, asset integrity, system reliability, and security controls.

Project VIRTU initially consists of sixteen (16) locations with standalone Digital Video Interview Systems recording interviews in thirty-one interview rooms throughout the District of Columbia. The provided solution manages the capture process, providing fault-tolerant and failsafe system management; captures and updates interview metadata (details about the recording); and efficiently manages the storage and archival of all digital recordings. Our solution also exports interviews via DVD for use by district attorneys and in-court proceedings.

Toronto Police Service
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has launched a project to improve its organizational efficiency by reducing the manual effort required to acquire, transport, manage, disclose, and purge video evidence. This project is known as the Digital Video Asset Management program (DVAM). The vision of this project was to eventually eliminate the use of physical video evidence media in the organization.

This project expands current digital evidence management capabilities to provide a solution for acquiring digital video assets from interviews, bookings, and breath tests at the divisions/units; and the transportation of these digital assets over a secured network-based system to a central repository for evidence disclosure and management. The primary objective of this procurement is to acquire, integrate, and move into production a DVAM system suitable for use by law enforcement agencies.

The DVAM solution includes the design and customization of a digital video asset acquisition system; the management and distribution of these digital assets; the hardware, software, and network requirements; and the integration of overall system components to implement the solution. The value of the order is in the region of $2.7M and includes equipment and service for four sites throughout the Toronto area equipment and service for seven sites throughout the Toronto area.

Key Capabilities of the system include

• Capture digital video contents with associated metadata and case associations at DVAM locations in the TPS;
• Search and update metadata;
• Retrieve videos using an effective query mechanism throughout the Service;
• Facilities for offering evidence disclosure files to support evidence for court and investigative purposes;
• Continuous monitoring of the quality of the ingest and delivery processes to ensure the reliable capture