Body-worn cameras are now ordinary equipment, and digital evidence is part of almost every case. That familiarity is the risk. Supervisors who treat the camera as just another tool, or a phone extraction as just another download, miss the legal, privacy and evidentiary issues that decide whether the work holds up in court.
In Part 1, Attorney Eric P. Daigle traces how body-worn cameras moved from a mandate officers resisted to a tool many refuse to patrol without, and examines the privacy, retention, review and policy questions agencies face today. In Part 2, Kevin Connolly, a retired investigator with two decades of digital forensics experience, introduces behavioral fusion: a structured way to find, categorize, validate and present digital evidence so cases are defensible, not just solvable.
The emphasis throughout is supervision: setting clear activation and review rules, auditing access, keeping the right footage for the right length of time, and making sure every piece of digital evidence can stand on its own.
Sessions Included
- Session 1: Beyond the Lens — Why Body-Worn Cameras Still Matter
- Session 2: From Pilot Programs to Standard Equipment — History and Benefits
- Session 3: Privacy, Retention, and Operational Challenges
- Session 4: Camera Limitations, Sensitive Settings, and Body-Worn Camera Policy
- Session 5: Behavioral Fusion and the Digital Shift
- Session 6: Every Case Is a Digital Case — Finding the Evidence
- Session 7: Phones, Provider Records, and the Five Categories of Evidence
- Session 8: Pattern of Life, Two Timelines, and AI in Evidence
Credit Hours: 3