VP360 Argus Body-Worn Camera Solution As a Service for Law Enforcement Agencies

A consortium of technology industry providers led by VP360, a Complete Integrated Solutions LLC company, and Lightstream Communications, Inc. and including technology providers Zadara Storage Ltd. and SoleraTec LLC announced the availability of the VP360 Argus Body-Worn Camera solution As a Service for law enforcement agencies.

The VP360 Argus BCS solution leverages the Zadara Storage enterprise storage-as-a- service (STaaS) solution and SoleraTec’s Phoenix Digital Evidence Management (DEM) application to store and manage video evidence from body-worn cameras. It is the only body worn camera solution with the option of locating the solution on-premise, and within the agency’s data center, to provide the highest levels of security – yet as an OpEx-only, as-a-service offering.

Phoenix Digital Evidence Management

Many local law enforcement agencies with body worn camera initiatives are surprised at how quickly it becomes cost-prohibitive to store video evidence to meet state and federal retention policy requirements. In addition, multi-tenant cloud solutions that share resources with other applications create security and chain of custody issues.

VP360 Argus body camera

The VP360 Argus body camera solution provides the option to reside either on-premise, within the agency’s own four walls, or in a remote cloud data center – whichever the agency prefers. It is CJIS compliant, infinitely scalable, readily configured, and delivers reliability with a 99.999% uptime guarantee. Because the solution is provided as a service, the VP360 Argus eliminates typical video storage equipment maintenance and troubleshooting hassles.

Proper system integration is essential. Therefore, Lightstream’s specialized field technicians deploy the VP360 Argus solution leveraging their longstanding expertise in integrating complex systems while supporting core business functions. For those agencies preferring a cloud-based solution, Lightstream can access hundreds of diverse data centers and colocation facilities around the world to meet customer requirements for performance, scalability and cost.

The VP360 Argus solution includes the body camera, backend hardware, digital video management application, and storage of all recorded video data. It incorporates a custom-developed solution using Zadara Storage technology for the storing, retrieving, sharing and archiving of captured video in an on-premise, pay-as-you-go business model.

The VP360 Argus body camera solution integrates SoleraTec’s Digital Evidence Management solution, Phoenix DEM, for evidentiary video and file management. With its native ability to use cost-effective, multi-tiered storage configurations, the Argus solution dramatically reduces the overall cost of maintaining larger amounts of digital evidence over longer periods of time, while giving the user a quick and easy way to search for and review required video evidence.

“The cost of storing digital evidence can quickly skyrocket if law enforcement agencies don’t choose a solution that’s optimized for their needs,” said Jeff White, CEO, VP360. “We are excited about the partnerships we’ve put in place for the VP360 Argus body worn camera solution, and our growing our lineup of solutions for our clients over the past several months.“

“Agencies need the agility and economics of the cloud, but often feel more comfortable knowing there’s the option to fully keep their digital evidence storage behind their firewall,” said Nelson Nahum, CEO, Zadara Storage. “With the VP360 Argus body worn camera solution, they truly have the best of all worlds.“