Weber County, Utah
One county. Nine agencies.One secure evidence ecosystem.
Weber County serves 276,118 residents across nine municipal police departments, the Sheriff's Office, the Weber Metro CSI Unit, and the County Attorney's Office.
Its digital evidence once lived across incompatible systems, thumb drives, and a failing on-premises archive. Today it runs on DekkoSecure, one zero-knowledge platform shared securely across the entire justice ecosystem.
- of evidence migrated into a single ecosystem
- 130+ TB
- municipal police agencies unified on one platform
- 9
- county-wide, zero-knowledge evidence platform
- 1
The challenge
Critical evidence, spread across systems that were never built for it.
For over a decade, Weber Metro CSI relied on an aging, unsupported on-premises photo management system. When the servers began to fail, critical evidence was at risk. Across the county, nine municipal agencies and the County Attorney's Office stored and shared evidence on separate, incompatible systems, still moving files on thumb drives and external hard drives that are both insecure and inefficient.
Aging, failing systems
A decade-old, unsupported on-premises photo system required manual evidence requests, extraction to thumb drives, and physical delivery. When the servers began to fail, critical evidence was at risk.
Agency silos
Nine municipal agencies used separate, disparate systems, from in-house on-premises builds to vendor body-worn camera storage, preventing seamless inter-agency evidence sharing.
Fragmented workflows
Sharing with police agencies, prosecutors, defense, and courts meant multiple platforms, physical media, and manual duplication, jeopardizing data integrity, traceability, and chain of custody.
Critical evidence gaps
Neither system could store or securely share FARO 3D scans, a key element in homicide and fatal accident investigations, forcing ad hoc workarounds outside the official system.
Escalating costs and risk
Each system stored duplicate evidence, incurring repeated storage costs. Every system-to-system transfer broke the audit trail and increased the risk of a data breach.
Expensive, complex licensing
Adding new stakeholders was expensive and added administrative overhead, even for users who needed only occasional access to the system.
Throughout, all evidence had to comply with Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), be shared with defense counsel for discovery, and be tracked with an immutable audit trail, requirements the legacy systems could not reliably meet.
The solution
A single, county-wide ecosystem for every file type and every agency.
Weber Metro CSI implemented DekkoSecure's cloud-based Digital Evidence Management Solution in early 2025 and presented it to the County Attorney's Office, which adopted it in April 2025. DekkoSecure migrated over 130 terabytes of data into one optimized workflow, with an archival process to keep long-term storage costs under control.
- Late 2024Weber Metro CSI is introduced to DekkoSecure.
- Early 2025CSI implements the platform and maps an optimized workflow.
- April 2025The County Attorney's Office adopts DekkoSecure.
- 130+ TBEvidence migrated into one secure, shared ecosystem.
What the platform gives them
Customizable case structure
Evidence is tagged with case-relevant attributes like case ID, evidence type, and incident date, so investigators instantly search, group, and retrieve what they need.
Automated role-based sharing
New cases auto-generate structured folders for Police Operations, CSI, and Prosecutors, instantly shared with the right stakeholders by role, clearance, and necessity.
Unlimited users, predictable costs
Traffic-based pricing with no limit on external users. Involve everyone from detectives to District Attorneys without paying for additional licenses.
Zero-knowledge encryption
Only authorized, authenticated recipients can access evidence. Not even DekkoSecure as the service provider can view shared data.
One centralized platform
A single secure ecosystem bridges the external collaboration gap, putting every stakeholder in the same environment without compromising access control.
File-type agnostic storage
FARO scans, drone footage, body-worn camera video, cell phone extractions, and any file type, stored and shared with no size limits.
Public evidence submission
Members of the public can securely upload photos, videos, and documents without needing a login or a license.
Granular permission controls
Precise, role-based permissions ensure each stakeholder sees only the evidence they are authorized to view, nothing more.
The results
One ecosystem, measurable gains across the county.
Improved chain of custody
Clear access controls and immutable audit trails strengthen evidentiary admissibility in the courtroom.
Streamlined collaboration
City police, prosecutors, and CSI units collect, share, and archive evidence in one secure, shared workspace.
Operational efficiency
Investigators spend less time on administration and evidence management, and more time on investigations.
Seamless integration
CSI evidence is instantly accessible to prosecutors as soon as it is uploaded.
Immutable audit trails
Every action, including discovery sharing with defense attorneys, is tracked and preserved.
Ecosystem-wide sharing
All nine municipal police agencies share in real time between CSI, investigators, prosecutors, and justice partners.
Single-cost storage
Evidence stored in DekkoSecure incurs one cost, no matter how many times it is shared.
Future-ready
With support for all file types and cloud-native infrastructure, Weber County is ready for the growing scale and complexity of modern investigations.
“Data security and reduction of risk and liability was critical in our decision-making process.”
Why it matters
Trust is fragile, and in digital evidence management, when it breaks, the consequences can be catastrophic. Careers, case outcomes, and public confidence hang in the balance. Digital evidence is only as strong as the system you use to manage and protect it.
Weber County's move to DekkoSecure represents a forward-thinking shift, embraced by law enforcement leaders committed to a solution built from the ground up with security, chain of custody, and interoperability as core design principles.
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