Quote Originally Posted by Clint45 View Post
I'm surprised they didn't erase the dash cam.
Current dash camera systems are hard drives that automatically download to a server. Some cities have remote servers in areas frequented by their patrol vehicles, but most are located at their office. At my previous agency, the server automatically downloaded the vehicle's hard hard when we were parked at the office. The supervisor could immediately check all recordings to see if any officer was manually stopping the recording before or during a traffic stop.

Once you have a system like this in place, you tend to forget its there and go about your business. Apparently, this was the case in this instance.