In a move to help law enforcement agencies across the U.S. improve digital evidence processing, Veritone has announced a partnership with Trusted Technology Solutions, Inc. Together, the companies will improve the efficiency of investigations and the transparency of evidence management to inspire better trust from the public they protect.
By pairing Veritone’s Intelligent Digital Evidence Management System (iDEMS) with Trusted Technology Solutions’ body-worn cameras, agencies can target investigatory inefficiencies by automating processes such as audio and video redaction, facial recognition, object detection, transcription, person/vehicle of interest tracking, and vehicle identification through automatic license plate recognition. Users will no longer be limited to manual investigations and evidence management processes or specific software that may be cumbersome to use, particularly when they’re under pressure to quickly release information to the public.
Instead, investigators will have the ability to cull through evidentiary media, obscure any personally identifiable information, and discover critical evidence and other insights in a matter of hours — versus days, weeks, or longer. Ultimately, the goal of this union is to accelerate the pace of investigations, reduce costs and increase case clearance rates.
The combination of Veritone’s AI-powered software for evidence management and analysis with Trusted Technology’s evidence-collection and ingest hardware provides unique advantages. Together, they equip agencies to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex evidence management environment. Many existing tools used for these purposes are not built to run on large amounts of media across many inputs or share information with other technologies.
iDEMS is an open, cloud-based, all-in-one solution. That means agencies can upload large volumes of digital evidence into the application, search through files, build timelines, and share evidence files between case teams on one platform without the need to buy multiple software licenses.
Investigative teams are chronically burdened with repetitive, mundane tasks like watching dozens of hours of video to find a single person or object. Often, these teams are also assigned too many cases to work on at one time, leading to a backlog. Outsourcing certain tasks to third-party vendors is an option, but it can put a strain on budgets and slow investigations. The result can lead to turnover of critical positions due to dissatisfaction with tedious everyday work and the need for overtime.
Advanced AI can address these problems by acting as the equivalent of several pairs of eyes and ears simultaneously to find key evidence across investigators’ data sets. This can reduce the amount of time needed to review critical footage, the expense of overtime and contractors, and the potential to overlook information critical to a case. iDEMS’ AI-powered central evidence hub aggregates digital evidence from disparate systems into a single view for easier, faster visualization and analysis.
To uphold privacy and compliance standards, iDEMS is hosted on AWS CJIS-compliant Commercial Cloud, enabling agencies to comply with stringent security protocols while allowing investigators the flexibility to work in person or remotely.
Veritone’s approach to intelligent tech prioritizes responsible innovation that aligns with national security interests and is anchored on a set of principles it refers to as “AI for good”. These principles guide every component of Veritone’s AI solutions, including product development, technology applications, and data tools. In addition, Veritone’s human-in-the-loop processes are built into all applications to ensure users are consistently double-checking the work of AI as an integral part of performance monitoring.
Innovative partnerships like Veritone and Trusted Technology Solutions help redefine how law enforcement agencies can proactively address unprecedented volumes of digital evidence as bodycam footage laws continue to expand across the United States. By adopting advanced AI-powered technologies like iDEMS, these agencies can lay the foundation for a future of expediting justice to their communities and making them safer for all.
