I just got a bunch of discovery, and I don't know where to start.

You get your discovery packet. There are 12 hour-long bodycam files, reports, statements, and other files.

So where do you start?

You could open the first body cam file and work your way through them all. But that means hours of video before you even know which parts of the case need your attention.

So a better first step is to get a sense of all the files in the case. Then you can review the discovery with a better idea of what to look for.

First, drop all your files into Reduct.

Start with the reports

Before you spend hours watching body cam, get a quick view of what happened. Look at the reports first. They can help you build a basic timeline, see who was involved, and spot the key events in the case.

Reduct helps you summarize documents by topic so you can get oriented with the case. A quick understanding of what happened helps you decide which files are worth further review at the start.

Summary gives you a quick view of:

• What happened
• What each report is about
• All key people involved

With exact timestamps, you can click and verify.

Get the timeline of the incident with the multicam feature

Now that you have some context, you can look at the body cam files as a group.

Click the icon next to the three-dot menu at the top of your recordings list. Hover over it and select View timeline.

You can now see all your body cam footage laid out by time.

You can see which officer was on scene the longest, which file has gaps, and where two or more officers were recording the same stretch of time.

For example, if three officers were all recording the same 10-minute stretch, that may be a good place to start.

Watch the overlaps together

Once you find an area where several cameras overlap, watch them together.

Click the columns icon alongside the PDF icon at the top of the list (it shows "View multi column" on hover).

That opens every angle from that window playing side by side.

Click a word in one transcript, and the other views jump to the same point in time.

You can then see how each officer's camera captured the same event.

This makes it easier for you to watch the same incident from multiple angles.

Find and mark key moments as you review

Highlight and label in Reduct lets you mark key moments that need more attention (something like "contradicts affidavit" or "confirms client's account"). So when you're back in this file in three weeks building your cross, you're not rereading the whole transcript to remember why you flagged it.