Illinois Chief Says Department Will Ditch Body Cameras if Reform Law Signed by Governor
Chief Patrick Kreis says the legislation could make officers criminally responsible if their cameras fail to record an incident.
January 28, 2021
Chief Patrick Kreis says the legislation could make officers criminally responsible if their cameras fail to record an incident.
January 28, 2021
Sgt. Jason Druckenmiller says he conducted a "bake off" between various redaction tools, including Veritone Redact. He found that Veritone Redact could do the job in 25 minutes while the others required as much as one hour and 20 minutes.
December 30, 2020
More than 200 engineers from across nearly every team in the company came together to build the new features, which are designed to facilitate agencies in increasing transparency, capturing truth, and supporting officer development.
October 28, 2020
Axon has announced several new technology solutions to address the issues now confronting police and the people they serve and protect.
August 25, 2020
For now, the Metropolitan Nashville PD's pilot program will continue. The city, Cooper said, is still waiting for conclusion from the initial implementation to make better vendor decisions and fine tune cost estimates for an increased program.
April 22, 2020
PatrolEyes has announced the release of its new Edge body camera. It features H.265 compression, which the company says generates the highest quality footage in the smallest file size possible.
March 16, 2020
Getac Video Solutions has announced it has completed the roll out of a body-worn camera (BWC) program for the Jackson (MS) Police Department.
March 9, 2020
In New Hampshire, the Barrington Police Department and Dover Police Department are growing closer to adopting the use of body cameras.
March 5, 2020
An undisclosed number of troopers with the New York State Police will soon be wearing body cameras in a recently announced pilot program to investigate their effectiveness and their impact.
February 27, 2020
The bill from Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, takes effect at the start of 2020 and expires after three years. Ting initially proposed a permanent ban on the technology.
October 9, 2019
Axon Records allows agencies to streamline the report writing process so that officers have more time to spend in their community. This RMS is fully configurable, so agencies can create custom forms, workflows and work-groups to meet their specific needs.
October 2, 2019
Axon has announced that the United States Forest Service (USFS) will outfit officers and agents across its law enforcement and investigative agency with Axon Body 2 cameras backed by the digital evidence management system, Axon Evidence (Evidence.com). The USFS has been a TASER Conducted Energy Weapon customer since 2008 and began an agencywide deployment of TASER X26Ps in 2018.
September 30, 2019
Axon announced that the Atlanta and Baltimore City Police Departments, both Major Cities Chiefs Association members, will deploy Axon's new TASER 7 weapons and Axon Body 3 cameras as part of Axon's new Officer Safety Plan 7+ (OSP 7+). Orange County (FL) Sheriff's Office will also deploy TASER 7 weapons on OSP 7+.
August 16, 2019
“We are excited to join the Motorola Solutions team,” said Robert Vanman, founder, CEO, and chairman of WatchGuard. “This acquisition enables us to continue providing market-leading mobile video solutions to existing customers while also leveraging Motorola Solutions’ global footprint and growing video security solutions portfolio.”
July 11, 2019
In the June 20 Webinar, Derrington will discuss the challenge of storing video data, finding a fluid storage solution that can accommodate increasing amounts of video, and the security of stored data.
June 18, 2019