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The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) recent update of the group's cloud computing principles fits in with findings from recent Penton E-surveys of local government officials.
The IACP 2015 principles address the increase in locally collected data through body-worn cameras (BWCs) and other means, and the need to reliably secure that data in the cloud and elsewhere. The IACP 2015 principles, in fact, state, "Law enforcement agencies should generally store all collected data at the highest level of security, which will often be the FBI CJIS standard."
Cloud computing and security were among the top 4 finishers in our mid-year 2015 Keating Report survey of American City & County and GPN readers that covered new technology buys in local governments over the next 18 months.
A recent BWC survey among readers of American City & County and IWCE's Urgent Communications shows almost 30 percent of responding local government agencies have already deployed BWCs and another 47 percent are in the BWC pre-procurement stage.
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