• Client Name: The Barbados Police Service (TBPS)
• Sector / Industry: Law Enforcement
• Location: Bridgetown, Barbados
• Implementation Date: 2023
• Partner: Promotech Inc Barbados

Executive Summary

Phase 1 of The Barbados Police Service modernization initiative involved the deployment of 400 BV-BCAM/4G-2.0 body-worn cameras, 50 MVR9304SD-4GW-ADAS/DSM mobile recorders, and 100 1080p AI powered mobile cameras. This phase established a unified video capture and monitoring framework across both foot and vehicle patrol operations.

The primary benefit realized was the Service’s enhanced ability to monitor patrol activities and operational incidents in real time from the central command center, while simultaneously ensuring comprehensive on-scene documentation. This capability significantly improved operational oversight, strengthened officer accountability, and reinforced public confidence through increased transparency and evidentiary reliability.

The Challenge

Prior to the implementation of the Bolide solution, the client faced several critical technical and operational vulnerabilities within their body-worn and mobile video infrastructure. These challenges impacted officer effectiveness, evidentiary reliability, and centralized oversight across multiple locations on the island, in both indoor and outdoor operational environments.

The client required continuous, high-quality video capture of daily patrol activities, traffic stops, public interactions, and incident response scenarios. However, limitations in their existing system, primarily legacy Motorola body-worn cameras, exposed gaps in performance, reliability, and scalability.

Limitations of Existing Body-Worn Camera Equipment

The client’s existing Motorola body-worn cameras suffered from multiple technical shortcomings, including:

• Insufficient battery life, resulting in incomplete recordings during full shifts.
• Low image and video quality, particularly in low-light and nighttime outdoor environments.
• Inconsistent video recording and system reliability, leading to missed or corrupted footage.
• Cumbersome and unreliable footage retrieval, delaying investigations and evidentiary review.
• These limitations created risk exposure in critical incidents where clear, uninterrupted, and retrievable video evidence was required for accountability, officer protection, and legal proceedings.

Inability to Centralize and Manage Footage Across Multiple Locations

The client operates across multiple police facilities and deployment locations island-wide, yet their legacy system lacked the ability to:

• Centrally aggregate video footage from body-worn and mobile cameras.
• Seamlessly manage evidence across dispersed sites.
• Efficiently transfer footage without manual intervention.
• Footage downloads required officers to physically dock cameras and manually initiate uploads, creating delays, increasing administrative burden, and introducing the risk of data loss or non-compliance. This lack of centralized evidence management represented a significant operational vulnerability.

Gaps in Mobile Recording Coverage and Operational Visibility

Beyond body-worn cameras, the client lacked sufficient mobile video coverage to fully document vehicle-based operations and dynamic field activities. The absence of an integrated mobile recording ecosystem limited their ability to:

• Capture incidents occurring in and around patrol vehicles.
• Leveraged AI-powered mobile cameras for behavior analysis by incorporating ADAS /DSM features to understand driver behaviors and driving performance. 
• Maintain consistent evidentiary standards across different operational scenarios.
• Support supervisory review and post-incident analysis.

Quantified Operational Requirement

To address these challenges, the client leveraged a comprehensive Bolide deployment consisting of:

• 400 Bolide Body-Worn Cameras to replace and augment existing Motorola units.
• 50 Mobile Recorders to support vehicle-based and mobile operations.
• 100 Mobile Cameras to expand coverage across critical operational environments.

Results and Benefits 

Following the deployment of 400 Bolide Body-Worn Cameras, 50 Mobile Recorders, and 100 Mobile Cameras, the client achieved measurable improvements in operational effectiveness, risk management, and evidence integrity across the island.

Key Benefits Delivered

Risk Mitigation

• Continuous, high-quality video capture significantly improved incident documentation and post-event analysis.
• Reliable battery performance and consistent recording eliminated gaps in footage during full patrol shifts and critical incidents.
• Over-the-air video offloading ensured timely preservation of evidence, reducing the risk of data loss, tampering, or non-compliance.
• Faster identification, review, and response to incidents improved supervisory oversight and accountability.

Operational Efficiency

• Centralized evidence management enabled seamless aggregation of body-worn and mobile footage from multiple locations without manual downloads or docking.
• Automated wireless uploads reduced administrative workload for officers and IT staff, allowing personnel to focus on core policing functions.
• Improved video clarity and reliability reduced investigation time and accelerated case review and reporting processes.
• Mobile recorders and cameras optimized coverage of vehicle-based and dynamic field operations, creating a unified and consistent recording environment.

Corporate and Organizational Value

• Enhanced transparency and evidentiary reliability improved public confidence and institutional credibility.
• High-quality, easily retrievable video strengthened legal defensibility and officer protection.
• A scalable, centralized platform positioned the client for future expansion without additional infrastructure complexity.

Achieved Milestones and Optimized Functions

• Successful replacement and augmentation of legacy Motorola body-worn cameras with a modern, high-performance system
• Full island wide centralization of video evidence management
• Elimination of manual footage retrieval processes through over-the-air uploads
• Standardization of video quality and recording consistency across all operational units

Optimized Functions Include:

• Evidence collection and retention
• Incident review and investigation workflows
• Supervisory oversight and compliance monitoring
• Mobile and vehicle-based video capture

Summary

The Bolide solution delivered immediate and sustainable value by mitigating operational risk, improving efficiency, and strengthening organizational accountability. The centralized, wireless evidence management platform transformed the client’s ability to capture, manage, and leverage video intelligence at scale, supporting both daily operations and long-term strategic objectives.

End User

• Name: The Barbados Police Service
• Website: https://www.gov.bb/Departments/police-department
• Corporate profile:
• Industry: Law Enforcement
• Country: Barbados
• City: Bridgetown

Integrator

• Name: Promotech Inc Barbados
• Website: https://promotechbarbados.com/
• Corporate profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/promotechbusiness
• Industry: Retail / Business Solutions
• Country: Barbados
• City: Bridgetown