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Banner County sheriff reports nine-month body‑camera backup loss, seeks costly storage fixes
Summary
Banner County Sheriff reported a deletion of approximately nine months of body‑camera video backup and presented interim and long‑term storage options that could cost the county tens of thousands of dollars; commissioners discussed budgeting and interim fixes but took no formal action.
Sheriff Zane told the Banner County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 5 that about nine months of body‑camera video footage could not be located after a server folder was deleted and a vendor backup window was missed.
The sheriff said he contacted the vendor, Bytes, and was told backups could not be recovered because the county did not contact the vendor within four days of deletion. “I have lost all confidence in Bytes to maintain my evidentiary video footage,” he said, and added he would pursue other storage options and stop using Bytes for evidence storage once a replacement is in place.
The sheriff described possible…
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