Using multiple geofences to initiate recording devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a server, location data from a plurality of recording devices;
• receiving, by the server, a location of a call for service;
• determining, by the server based on the location of the call for service, a safety radius, the safety radius comprising a first area around the location of the call for service;
• in accordance with the location data from the plurality of recording devices, identifying, by the server, one or more recording devices of the plurality of recording devices located inside the determined safety radius;
• transmitting, by the server, a push notification comprising geofence information to the one or more recording devices, the geofence information corresponding to the location of the call for service;
• and
• responsive to transmitting the geofence information, receiving, by the server from a recording device of the one or more recording devices, record data associated with the call for service, wherein:
• the recording device is located inside an activation radius determined in accordance with the geofence information;
• the activation radius comprises a second area around the location of the call for service;
• and
• the second area is smaller than the first area.

A server comprising one or more processors and a computer-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the one or more processors, cause the server to perform steps comprising:

• receiving location information from a plurality of recording devices, the location information identifying a respective current location for each recording device of the plurality of recording devices;
• receiving event information, the event information identifying a location of a call for service;
• determining, based on the location of the call for service, a safety radius, the safety radius comprising a first area around the location of the call for service;
• in accordance with the respective current location for each recording device of the plurality of recording devices, identifying two or more recording devices of the plurality of recording devices located inside the safety radius, wherein the two or more recording devices comprise less than all of the plurality of recording devices;
• establishing, by the server with each recording device of a subset of recording devices of the two or more recording devices, a respective communications channel, the subset of recording devices less than all of the two or more recording devices;
• receiving, from each recording device of the subset of recording devices via the respective communications channel, recording data, the recording device having a current location inside an activation radius associated with the location of the call for service, the activation radius encircled by the safety radius;
• associating the received recording data with information describing the call for service;
• and
• providing, by the server, the received recording data for display.