But the best example of mass video collection for investigative purposes occurred in June 2011, when riots occurred after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins.

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Mobile Internet enables the mass-scale collection of such user context data.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also maintains an excellent collection of resources on mass casualty event preparedness and response.

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