Cambridgeshire adopts video streaming from emergency scenes

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Cambridgeshire adopts video streaming from emergency scenes

Members of the public and officers are now able to share what they are seeing at the scene of an incident via their mobile phone camera, following a successful trial on the technology GoodSAM.

Mock up of GoodSAM in use

Date - 20th March 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

GoodSAM is able to send a one-time text message link to individuals calling 999, allowing the caller to open up the camera on their smart phone and then stream the situation back to call handlers and officers. The caller does not need to install...

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