DEMS Revolution: How a Digital Evidence Management System Will Benefit Police

Sgt. T. D. (Trenton) Entwistle
National Body-Worn Camera Program Manager, National Traffic Programs and Operational Technologies
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Christine Robson
I.T. Manager
Durham Regional Police Service
This session will provide real-world takeaways on how Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS) work, and how they can interface with the partners in government. Discover how police services are managing the tsunami of evidence from collecting, storing, analyzing and sharing evidence to maximizing the functionality of DEMS.
- Ensuring evidence can be shared, and not locked in silos
- Examining the benefits of a DEMS system to the police service, and to law enforcement partners, such as Crown counsel
- Opportunities for automating the process
- Examining the challenges of integration, including storage volume concerns
- Redaction, vetting, disclosure