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Digital Evidence Management for Prosecutors and DA Offices
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Built for Prosecutor Evidence Review and Discovery Workflows

iCrimeFighter is a leading Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS). Here's what it does for you:
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Secure Discovery Sharing
By simplifying digital evidence.
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All sources, all formats, in one place.
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Case-Based Evidence Review
No more exchanging physical media like CDs, DVDs, or external hard drives.
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Works With Prosecutor Case Management and Law Enforcement Systems

These partnerships and integrations enable seamless collaboration, efficient data analysis, and secure digital evidence storage, ultimately enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal investigations.
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Why prosecutors love iCrimeFighter

Helps you focus on cases, not managing digital evidence

iCrimeFighter brings all digital evidence together in one place. Bodycam video, phone dumps from forensic extractions, paper scans, and even text messages. It's your an all-in-one digital evidence management solution built to centralize digital evidence and make sharing simple.

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This has simplified our work and process so much, not to mention that of our law enforcement partners.
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Agencies
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States (and growing)
Why prosecutors love iCrimeFighter

Helps you focus on cases, not managing digital evidence

iCrimeFighter brings all digital evidence together, in one place. Bodycam videos, phone dumps (forensic extractions), paper scans, even text messages. It’s your all-in-one digital evidence solution that holds everything and it makes sharing simple.

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This has simplified our work and process so much, not to mention that of our law enforcement partners.
iCrimeFighter simplifies e-discovery for prosecutors with secure platforms. Easily manage and present digital evidence from various sources for legal professionals, enhancing case outcomes.
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1,000,000
Files added weekly
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Active users
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900+
Counties
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States (and growing)
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Gets the most out of your bodycams iCrimeFighter seamlessly integrates with all major RMS systems and body-worn camera systems. Sharing and managing body camera footage becomes significantly easier for you. In short - you get more out of your existing tools.

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Hear from those who’ll never go back
We often hear “I can’t believe how I managed without iCrimeFighter” from prosecutors. As a small team, we’re proud to have transformed how prosecutors and law enforcement across the nation work. Hear from some of them below.
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We viewed several products before selecting iCrimefighter and all stakeholders have been very happy that we chose iCrimefighter. It has worked very well for Officers and Deputies, Evidence and Records Staff as well as our Prosecutor's Office.
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Jeff Dowling
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A recent update is iCrimeFighter  “talks” to our case management system, Prosecutor by Karpel (PbK),  and this allows staff to access any discovery in iCrimeFighter through PbK, when a case is entered into iCrimeFighter.
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Fergus County
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We at the Converse County Sheriff's Office are EXTREMELY pleased we went with iCrimefighter and would strongly recommend this to any law enforcement agency facing the issues of digital evidence management.
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Established in 2011 in MN, iCrimeFighter has earned the trust of over 900 agencies throughout the United States. Our solution enables those who protect America to focus less on administrative tasks and more on what they do best - keeping our communities safe. We are proud to use technology to empower those who protect us.
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iCrimeFighter provides outstanding customer support. We pride ourselves on supporting justice and realize the work we do protects citizens such as ourselves.
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After all, crime doesn't follow a 9-to-5 schedule.
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Secure access to your digital evidence is key. iCrimeFighter provides top-tier security, digital evidence collection tools, and robust data privacy compliance. Prioritize protection for all your data.
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CJIS-compliant. Experience the security of a leading digital evidence management system from iCrimeFighter. Maintain data privacy compliance, and streamline law enforcement operations.
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Share discovery with ease

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors is a DEMS made specifically for Prosecutors. Receive evidence from multiple sources, view files without downloading anything and share discovery with the click of a button.

No burning, printing or shipping of media

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors allows you to receive and share evidence without burning and shipping media. The files are stored in a secure cloud and instantly available to anyone you share with.

Maintains comprehensive chain of custody history

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors provides a comprehensive chain of custody, tracking its lifecycle from collection to courtroom presentation. This ensures the integrity and credibility of digital evidence.

View files all in one place, without downloading or needing software

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors allows you to access and view all files centrally, eliminating the need for downloading or installing additional software. This streamlined approach ensures efficient and seamless file management, enhancing productivity and case handling efficiency.

Best in class support

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors offers best-in-class support, ensuring users receive prompt, expert assistance for any queries or issues. This superior level of customer service guarantees a smooth, uninterrupted experience, enhancing overall user satisfaction and system reliability.

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Share discovery with ease

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors is a DEMS made specifically for Prosecutors. Receive evidence from multiple sources, view files without downloading anything and share discovery with the click of a button.

No burning, printing or shipping of media

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors allows you to receive and share evidence without burning and shipping media. The files are stored in a secure cloud and instantly available to anyone you share with.

Maintains comprehensive chain of custody history

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors provides a comprehensive chain of custody, tracking its lifecycle from collection to courtroom presentation. This ensures the integrity and credibility of digital evidence.

View files all in one place, without downloading or needing software

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors allows you to access and view all files centrally, eliminating the need for downloading or installing additional software. This streamlined approach ensures efficient and seamless file management, enhancing productivity and case handling efficiency.

Best in class support

iCrimeFighter for Prosecutors offers best-in-class support, ensuring users receive prompt, expert assistance for any queries or issues. This superior level of customer service guarantees a smooth, uninterrupted experience, enhancing overall user satisfaction and system reliability.

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Secure Digital Evidence Upload Links and QR Code Workflows

Following a critical incident at a busy commercial intersection, an investigative team faces a familiar challenge: dozens of bystanders captured the event on their mobile phones. Historically, collecting this community-sourced media required officers to physically handle citizen phones, copy files to unmanaged USB drives, or request that witnesses email compressed, degraded video files to personal department accounts.

These ad hoc intake methods create significant vulnerabilities in the chain of custody. They open the door for defense attorneys to challenge the integrity of the data, expose agency networks to malware, and create administrative bottlenecks that delay the delivery of files to prosecutors.

To address this challenge, modern public safety agencies rely on secure, direct-to-cloud ingestion pipelines. By sharing targeted secure upload links or dynamic QR code workflows, departments can rapidly gather vital civilian media, protect witness privacy, and maintain a verifiable audit trail from the moment of intake.
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What Are Secure Upload Links and QR Codes?

In a public safety Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS), a public evidence submission link is an encrypted, single-purpose web portal that allows external individuals to upload digital media directly into an agency's secure storage repository.

A secure upload workflow provides a controlled path for external file intake without granting the public access to the internal network. Agencies can deploy secure upload links or QR-code based submission paths depending on their operational workflow, allowing field officers to share access via mobile devices, printed cards, or digital communications directly from a scene.

These public ingestion tools function as one-way valves. Citizens have the ability to submit photo, video, or audio via the portal; citizens will not be able to look at any previous case records, other community submissions, or any directories within the department.

Why Public Safety Agencies Need Public Ingestion Tools

Relying on legacy collection methods for civilian-submitted media exposes law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to several distinct operational and legal liabilities:

Compromised Chain of Custody

If a witness emails a video clip to an officer's individual account, the file undergoes compression and loses its original metadata. Proving in court that the file remains identical to the original recording captured at the scene becomes difficult under tough cross-examination.

Citizen Privacy Concerns

Witnesses are often hesitant to hand over their physical smartphones to law enforcement due to concerns that their personal photos, messages, or private data will be scrutinized. A secure  link allows them to provide only the relevant media while retaining possession of their hardware.

Network Security Vulnerabilities

Accepting physical media like unmanaged flash drives or CDs created on home computers introduces significant malware risks into department networks. A managed cloud portal insulates agency systems by isolating incoming files before they reach internal directories.

Discovery Backlogs

Manually transferring civilian files from emails and individual mobile devices into a central case folder takes hours of administrative work. Delayed collection slows down case file assembly, making it harder for prosecutors to meet strict statutory discovery timelines.

Traditional Data Intake vs. Secure Upload Workflows

Managing community-sourced media through ad hoc methods creates an operational mismatch. The table below highlights the differences between traditional collection methods and automated submission workflows:

Operational Parameter

Traditional Public Media Collection

Modern Secure Upload Workflows

Ingestion Efficiency

Slow; requires physical handoffs, manual drive burning, or multi-step email sorting.
Instantaneous; witnesses upload files directly via phone browsers at the scene or from home.

Preserve available file metadata

Poor; standard email and messaging apps strip native creation dates, file names, and GPS data.
Preserved; the cloud portal ingests the file structure as delivered by the user's device.

Citizen Hardware Access

High; frequently requires taking possession of or manually browsing a witness's phone.
None; citizens interact only with a secure browser window, maintaining complete physical privacy.

Network Security Risk

Elevated; physical USB drives and email attachments can introduce malware into local terminals.
Mitigated; files are uploaded directly to an isolated cloud environment before investigative review.

Audit Trail Starting Point

Delayed; logging only begins after an officer manually enters the file into a local folder.
Immediate; the tracking log starts the exact millisecond the upload is completed by the citizen.

Core Capabilities of a Secure Ingestion System

An enterprise-grade secure upload link for digital evidence must do more than simply receive data; it must maintain the integrity of the broader investigation. Public safety teams should look for several core capabilities when evaluating these intake features:

Expiring Access Tokens

Links and QR codes provided for the general public should include options for custom expirations. A link that expires 24 or 48 hours after its creation ensures the portal is not left open forever once the scene has been processed.

Immediate Cryptographic Hashing

Immediately after uploading the civilian document, there must be the calculation of the cryptographic hash value, like SHA-256. The cryptographic hash value forms the basis of the digital chain of custody.

Mandatory Contributor Fields

When uploading media, the system can prompt contributors to provide basic contact and context details, such as their name, phone number, email address, or a brief file description, helping investigators verify sources and organize incoming evidence.

Isolated Staging Environments

All incoming files should be placed immediately in a secure staging or sandbox environment. This setup keeps unverified public files separated from the core case files until an investigator reviews the media and confirms its relevance.

Automated Verification Logging

The system must record the upload timestamp, the IP address of the source connection, the targeted case folder, and the file parameters automatically, creating a permanent ledger entry for court use.

The Field-to-Investigator Ingestion Workflow

Deploying a structured workflow ensures public data is gathered quickly and tracked accurately from the field to the prosecutor's office:

Link Generation

An officer at an active incident scene opens their mobile application and generates a unique QR code or short URL tied to a specific case.

Citizen Scans Code

The citizen scans the QR code using their phone's camera, opening a secure department-branded submission window in their mobile browser.

Media Upload

The citizen selects the relevant files from their library, fills out the optional contact information fields, and hits submit.

Isolate and Hash

The DEMS platform receives the files direclty into a case, generates a SHA-256 hash value, and records the intake metadata in the case history.

Investigative Review

When a user submits media, the system automatically scans the files for malware in the background before uploading them directly into the primary case file. The assigned detective receives an alert and can immediately review the uploaded files within the case. While the detective has the option to manually reorganize or move files into specific folders to structure their investigation, no manual transfer is required for the evidence to be part of the active case file. Because the system does not feature an automated spam filter, the detective is responsible for manually identifying and deleting irrelevant files or spam in accordance with agency retention policies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a citizen see other uploaded files when using a public submission link?

No. The secure submission portal functions strictly as a one-way path. Citizens can only upload their own media and enter their personal contact details. They have no visibility into other files uploaded by the public, nor can they view internal agency folders or case details.

What happens if a citizen attempts to upload a malicious file or malware?

When a user submits media, the system automatically scans the files for malware in the background before uploading them directly into the primary case file. The assigned detective receives an alert and can immediately review the uploaded files within the case. While the detective has the option to manually reorganize or move files into specific folders to structure their investigation, no manual transfer is required for the evidence to be part of the active case file. Because the system does not feature an automated spam filter, the detective is responsible for manually identifying and deleting irrelevant files or spam in accordance with agency retention policies.

Does a public link collect the citizen's phone number and contact info automatically?

No. In order to safeguard privacy and stay within legal guidelines regarding data collection, the automatic gathering of the user's private information is not included. Rather, the website includes manually entered text boxes for the witness's personal info if they choose to provide

How does a QR code upload link connect to a specific police case number?

When an officer or dispatcher generates a secure upload link or QR code, it is tied directly to a specific case number. As soon as a citizen submits files through that link or code, the media automatically loads straight into the designated iCF case, ready for immediate review without any manual routing or holding steps.

Is there a limit on the file size or video length a citizen can upload?

Yes, individual uploads through Community Uploads are limited to 5 GB per file and up to 31 files per submission. Beyond those upload thresholds, iCrimeFighter itself has no file size limits; it can store files of any size. Citizens can upload high-resolution, long-form mobile videos directly from their devices without needing to compress or alter the original files.

Can defense attorneys challenge evidence collected through public links?

Defense counsel can challenge any evidence presented in court. However, collecting media via secure upload links helps agencies proactively address authenticity and chain of custody questions. Upon submission, the platform immediately generates an automated audit entry and calculates a unique cryptographic hash value, establishing a verifiable baseline record of the pristine file from the moment of intake.

How long do these public submission links remain active?

It is completely up to the agency to control the lifespan of a link. A detective has the ability to ensure that a link expires after a few hours if it is used for an ongoing crime scene. Alternatively, the portal can remain open for several weeks if it is part of a significant investigation.Community Uploads workflow

What happens to citizen files that are determined to be irrelevant to the case?

If a citizen submission contains irrelevant media, duplicate files, or unrelated content, investigators can simply delete the file directly from the iCF case. The system automatically retains a permanent audit log entry of the original submission and its deletion.

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