Time-controlled access of third-party content associated with monitoring of premises

A method implemented by a system, the system comprising a remote monitoring computing system and a content storage computing system, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the remote monitoring computing system, an alarm signal from a premises monitoring system that is configured to monitor a premises, the alarm signal being associated with an alarm event at the premises;
• in response to the alarm signal, obtaining, from the content storage computing system, metadata corresponding to media provided by a camera at the premises;
• in response to the metadata, storing the media in a data store of the remote monitoring computing system;
• and
• enforcing, by the remote monitoring computing environment, an access control policy on the media in the data store, the access control policy restricting access to the media in the data store based on time and a plurality of roles of a plurality of users of the remote monitoring computing system, the access control policy comprising:
• a first tier that permits a first type of user to access the media for a first period of time;
• and
• a second tier that permits a second type of user to access the media for a second period of time, the second period of time encompassing the first period of time and being longer than the first period of time.