Utility Issues Video Redaction Challenge to the City of San Jose

ATLANTA, June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Utility announced today that it has issued a Video Redaction Challenge to the City of San Jose. Utility challenges the city to redact a sample video using the Taser video redaction software and compare the cost and processing time to that of Utility's automated video redaction software, Smart Redaction™.  This challenge is a follow-up to a protest issued by Utility claiming that San Jose improperly evaluated Utility's technical proposals and failed to consider cost when evaluating bidders' proposals. According to Utility, this flawed procurement process could increase the overall total cost of ownership of body cameras for San Jose and could fail to meet the public's need for police accountability, transparency and privacy for both police officers and the public.

"Through this challenge we ask San Jose to publicly evaluate video redaction alternatives on an unbiased and transparent basis," said Robert McKeeman, CEO of Utility. "Video redaction is a major part of the five-year, total cost of ownership of a police body-worn camera solution. We were surprised that San Jose would select a body-worn camera solution without considering cost and value at all. This redaction challenge will provide facts about which solution can best redact police video quickly and at low cost. San Jose should select the best solution to ensure police accountability and transparency while protecting the privacy of police officers and the public without spending more San Jose taxpayer dollars than are absolutely necessary."

For the challenge, Utility has posted the original 45-minute video recorded at the San Jose product demonstration held in March of 2016 on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/t8ylXzJXEoE. Utility fully redacted this 45 minute video in six (6) minutes during the San Jose meeting, witnessed by all the San Jose Police Department staff. The redacted video is also posted on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EVQzDAPQo_w. The video challenge is for San Jose—in an open forum witnessed by independent observers—to use Taser's video-redaction software to redact this same exact 45-minute video, from start to finish. Utility asks the San Jose Police Department to record its video redaction process to complete a comparable redacted video.

"If San Jose is confident about the Taser redaction capabilities, they should welcome the opportunity to take this video redaction challenge," said Mr. McKeeman. "Let the elapsed video redaction run time and staff-redaction effort facts speak for themselves."

For more information about Utility's Smart Redaction™ software, visit the Smart Redaction™ website: http://www.smartredaction.com.

About BodyWorn
BodyWorn™ uses smart mobile computing technology incorporating real-time communications for the best possible Situational Awareness. Only BodyWorn™ provides policy-based recording, Officer Down emergency alerts, live video streaming, and secure automatic wireless offload to cloud storage.  BodyWorn™ video, audio and metadata can be accessed through the AVaiLWeb™ digital evidence management solution hosted on Amazon AWS.  BodyWorn™ Software as a Service will continue to evolve to meet the demands of Police Departments around the world.  BodyWorn™ and the Rocket IoT™ in-car video system leverage Amazon Web Services cloud storage, and provide our customers with Mission Critical Intelligence. BodyWorn™ is part of the Evidence EcoSystem offered by Utility, which owns US patents 6,831,556; 7,768,548; 8,781,475; 9,246,898; and 9,282,495 and has numerous patents pending with the US, Canadian, and the European Union Patent Offices.

Contact: Jake Mendlinger
Office: 516-829-8374 / Cell: 516-639-3373
Email: [email protected]

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160427/360545LOGO

SOURCE Utility

Related Links

http://www.utility.com