Just to clarify an important fact from much earlier in the discussion:
IDOT (Idaho Department of Transportation) traffic cams are
live stream only — they are incapable of storing the stream or still shots of the stream.
There was no request to preserve because there was
nothing to preserve.
Third-party web sites like Windy.com, and individuals, may capture screen shots from IDOT traffic cams.
It’s not rational/reasonable to think LE has any responsibility to ferret out the hundreds or thousands of unknown web sites and/or unknown individuals that might have screen capped & saved non-relevant non-evidence, MOO.
ETA: as a long-practicing Idaho attorney,
of course AT knows IDOT traffic cams are live stream only. IOW, she tried to make much ado about nothing, MOO