This is not only embarrassing, but far more common in many organizations that most lay people realize. Data loss is rarely publicized. The shame is that for ve

This is not only embarrassing, but far more common in many organizations that most lay people realize. Data loss is rarely publicized. The shame is that for very little money, the Dallas police could have easily backed up all that data with a third-party service -- e.g., daily snapshots on cperciva's tarsnap would have cost a few grand a month.