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Body worn video on camera. Other factors that lead to low use have been shown to be based on officer demographics such as the officers age, gender, or years of service. Another concern for law enforcement is storage costs. With many state and local police departments in the U.S. purchasing body-cameras for their officers, storage of the videos is becoming an obstacle. Because departments in larger cities can generate body cam footage in excess of 10,000 hours a week, some of these agencies are utilizing cloud-based high-volume storage facilities. Storage costs are not the only concern, but the security of the data becomes