receiving, by a server during a first transmission, an audit tag generated by the recording device, wherein the audit tag comprises metadata indicating an occurrence of an event in the recorded data, wherein the audit tag identifies a portion of the recorded data associated with the occurrence of the event, wherein the audit tag was assigned an urgent categorization, and wherein the audit tag was transmitted by the recording device during the first transmission prior to a data upload of the recording device;

generating, by the server and in response to the receiving during the first transmission, a record to confirm receipt at a later time of the recorded data associated with the audit tag assigned the urgent categorization;

receiving, by the server during a second transmission, the recorded data and metadata associated with the recorded data, wherein the recorded data and the metadata associated with the recorded data were generated by the recording device and transmitted by the recording device during the data upload of the recording device;

confirming, by the server and based on the record, receipt of the recorded data associated with the audit tag assigned the urgent categorization, wherein the first transmission is independent of and before the second transmission, and wherein receiving the audit tag assigned the urgent categorization independent of and before receiving the recorded data and the metadata associated with the recorded data permits the server to track the recording of an urgent event and to ensure the recorded data associated with the audit tag assigned the urgent categorization is not lost, spoiled, or destroyed;

determining, by the server, that the portion of the recorded data associated with the occurrence of the event is missing in the received recorded data;

retrieving, by the server, information describing events that occurred in the recorded data; and

generating, by the server, a timeline of the events that occurred in the recorded data.