re: This BRPD officer-involved shooting is starting to get very interesting

It's my understanding that it is roughly $500k base total, for the first year of storage, and then an additional $500k each year thereafter. They keep the video for what, 4 years? With the exception of violent crime like homicide, which is kept indefinitely. So if you have something kept for say, 5 years, it ends up costing around $2.5M, from what I have been told.

A lot of people see the body cameras as something positive, and yes, they can be. But look at what's happening with Seattle.

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"How much is all of this costing?" KIRO 7 reporter Linzi Sheldon asked Nick Zajchowski, manager of the Seattle Police Department's body camera program. "It's going to be roughly around $800,000 or $900,000 per year for the storage and hardware," he said. Through a public records request, KIRO 7 discovered other costs. The cost Zajchowski was referencing will be $853,708 in 2018. The police department has also budgeted $48,720 for video management software, $241,936 for support staff, $223,918 for video redaction and sharing staff and $126,303 for warranties and other expenses. It adds up to the body camera program costing taxpayers in the city of Seattle $1,494,585 for 2018.

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