A video data collection and sharing platform is provided capable of detecting high-priority events and communicating alerts to users. A high-priority event is captured by a video capturing device with one or more sensor modules, including one or more video cameras for recording video footage. A network connection is established and input from one or more sensor modules is received. The input includes image data from the one or more video cameras. An input from the one or more sensor modules is analyzed to determine a potential high-priority event. Upon determining a potential high-priority event, conditions of the network connection are measured and an amount of data to be transmitted to a remote server through the network connection is determined based, at least in part, on the measured conditions of the network connection. The determined amount of data is then transmitted to the remote server. The transmitted data includes at least part of the image data from the one or more video cameras. Inputs from the one or more sensors is analyzed. Based at least in part on the first input and the second inputs, a positive determination regarding the occurrence of the high-priority event is made. The video data input from the one or more video cameras is used to generate a video clip and the user is notified of the positive determination regarding the occurrence of the high-priority event.