While studying computer science at the University of Chicago, Devshi Mehrotra and Leslie Jones-Dove were inspired to build tech that centered on the needs of communities historically marginalized by law enforcement. They ended up reaching out to local public defenders, who told them that they were being overwhelmed by hours of jail calls, body cams and other forms of recorded evidence.
As per one estimate, the average officer’s body camera will record about 32 files, 7 hours and 20GB of video per month at 720p resolution. Multiply those figures by the hundreds to tens of thousands of officers in a police …
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