Colorado Public Radio: Gone are the days of dusty boxes in police evidence rooms.

With every crime committed nowadays comes hours — sometimes hundreds of hours — of digital evidence.

That’s body-worn cameras, Halo cameras, Flock cameras, in some cases, cell phone tower pings, digital downloads on a suspect’s cell phone, where their car was driving, video from a suspect transport to a jail and more. 

Mid-grade felony cases, like an aggravated burglary, used to have three or four audio and digital recordings a decade ago. Now that same felony will yield 50-60 recordings. 

And that’s not even taking into account law enforcement’s burgeoning uses of artificial intelligence.

The system has become overwhelmed.

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