LAPD Captain Greg Meyer (ret.) discusses some of the benefits of body-worn cameras, such as proving an officer's innocence of wrongdoing when falsely accused by a citizen, as well as some limitations.
April 18, 2019
Ultimately, researchers found that force of any kind was exceedingly rare and police and citizen interactions in Aransas Pass were not influenced by gender or race. Instead, the likelihood of a citizen receiving a citation or getting arrested was most strongly tied with whether they were intoxicated or pulled over for a traffic violation.
April 4, 2019
Motorola Solutions' new Si200 body-worn camera is designed to work seamlessly with the company's digital evidence management suite for end-to-end efficiency and security.
February 3, 2019
The compact and lightweight Si200 body-worn camera captures high-definition video and features additional advanced capabilities, Motorola Solutions says. The importance of an integrated ecosystem for digital evidence management becomes clear when footage from the Si200 is uploaded to CommandCentral Vault, the company adds.
January 14, 2019
“The incident revealed a potential for the battery inside the camera to ignite,” the NYPD said in a statement. “The cause and scope of the defect are currently being investigated.”
October 24, 2018
The TASER 7 features dramatically improved effectiveness, including adaptive cross connect and improved spiral probe design, and is fully integrated with Evidence.com, Axon's digital data management solution, Axon says. The Axon Body 3 features real-time situational awareness with live streaming, gunshot detection and rapid wireless evidence offload.
October 7, 2018
Use these high-tech tools to enhance your capabilities on duty when rolling in your mobile office.
August 31, 2018
The primary reason officers like wearing body cams is for protection from lies about their character and their behavior. That's invaluable.
August 30, 2018
Baton Rouge police announced their Public Release of Critical Incident Recordings policy, which creates a protocol for the review of any recordings from critical incidents involving an officer and requires a decision from the police chief within 12 days about its public release.
August 22, 2018
Axon says it plans to work with the two companies to give customers reliable mobile broadband connectivity when using Axon's body-worn and in-car cameras in the field.
August 15, 2018
We are about to enter an era where all video and audio evidence may be more suspect than it's ever been.
August 6, 2018
WatchGuard Inc., officially opened the doors of its new worldwide headquarters to members of law enforcement, state and local dignitaries, WatchGuard board members, executives, and employees at a grand opening event in Allen, Texas.
June 27, 2018
What agencies quickly discovered is that while the technology was ready for such widespread use by officers, policy was not in place to cover how body cameras would be used.
June 22, 2018
The hearing takes place in anticipation of a Northeastern University report on the BPD pilot program testing body-worn cameras, and amid citizen concerns over the deployment of new technology without community input.
June 19, 2018
You can connect a body of evidence with L3’s new BWX-100 body camera. And you can capture 12 hours of HD footage with just a single charge.
May 25, 2018