# Minn. police use technology to search video footage, find clues faster

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/minn-police-use-technology-to-search-video-footage-find-clues-faster/
- Published: 2020-01-27T10:15:16-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption:  Investigators use BriefCam to speed up their search for something specific in surveillance footage, like a man wearing white or a blue car. (Photo/TNS) Mara H. Gottfried Pioneer Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — After a man was fatally shot in St. Paul last year, the police department tested out new video technology for the first time. Investigators often spend hours watching surveillance footage for clues in cases, but this time, police department employees deployed a computer program that quickly searches videos for them. […] Click here to view original web page at www.policeone.com