Penobscot County to seek centralized discovery-management system; commissioners authorize RFP
The deputy district attorney told commissioners that growing digital evidence and fragmented platforms are causing discovery failures; the board voted unanimously to issue an RFP to identify a discovery-management vendor that integrates body‑cam, cruiser‑cam and file platforms.
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The Penobscot County deputy district attorney told county commissioners on May 6 that the district attorney''''''''''''''''''''''''''s office is legally obligated to deliver all evidence in a case but is struggling with a surge of digital material across different platforms. "We are legally obligated, constitutionally obligated to turn over all evidence in a case um to the other side," she said, describing a mix of body cams, cruiser cams, phone dumps and third‑party video that the office currently handles in a patchwork way.
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