A former Dallas IT worker fired after deleting millions of police files last year while trying to move them from online storage didn’t have enough training to...
There’s no apparent evidence the technician deleting more than 20 terabytes of data did so maliciously or was criminally motivated, according to independent investigation.
Despite his job primarily being focused on working with Commvault, the software company the city contracts with for cloud storage management, the former city technician only received training on the software twice since 2018, said a report analyzing the incident released this week to city officials by law firm Kirkland & Ellis.
The worker has been the only person fired related to the deletion of more than 20 terabytes or more than 8 million achieve police photos, videos, audio, case notes and other items. The majority of the data involved evidence gathered by the family violence unit. “While it may be unlikely that any archived data would be needed for an active case, this does not mean that the lost data did not hold potential current or future evidentiary value,” the report said. “Since family violence offenders have a high recidivism rate and often commit crimes of violence, the lost archived evidence may be useful in future cases or be needed to maintain a conviction in the appeal of a case.
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