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<br />Human Resources Manager Kone' stated that the IT increase comes from the tape library for <br />equipment needed to back up video from the police squads. <br /> <br />IT Manager Busch stated that currently, the City does not back up the police videos, so if <br />something were to happen, the City would have no way of getting this video back. He stated that <br />currently there is 410GB which fills up fast and this would add 2,000 GB so more data will be <br />able to be saved. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen arrived at the meeting. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson asked how long that amount of memory would be good for. <br /> <br />Captain Dwyer stated that the cars have 4 GB cards right now, which is over 2 hours of time, if <br />the cameras were to run continuously. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson asked how long the City stores this video. <br /> <br />Police Chief Way stated that because it is evidence, there is no set time, but ideally they would <br />be kept 3 years and he would like to even have them for 7 years. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen arrived at the meeting. <br /> <br />IT Manager Busch sated that there will be a nightly back-up that is saved for 30 days. <br /> <br />Captain Dwyer stated that the storage cards are temporary storage and are very expensive. He <br />stated that they don't even let the officers take them out of the cars themselves. <br /> <br />IT Manager Busch stated that having them in a tape library system is a much more efficient way <br />to store this data. <br /> <br />Police Chief Way stated that it takes the human factor out and will still be done, even if IT <br />Manager Busch is on vacation, without someone having to remember to do it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen asked if there was a way to cooperate with other area departments so <br />everyone is not standing alone and having to reinvent the wheel every time. <br /> <br />Police Chief Way stated that there are other services that Ramsey shares with other cities, for <br />example the server in Coon Rapids. He stated that, however, this video back-up is evidence and <br />the City needs to be in control. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen asked if this was video of people injail, for example, in the "drunk tank". <br />IT Manager Busch stated that video is different and this is just for the squad car video. He <br />reiterated that this video is currently not backed up and if something were to happen; there would <br />be no way of getting this evidence back. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session I Monday, August 18, 2008 <br />Page 2 of 12 <br />