Wearable video cameras can be very beneficial for officers and agencies, but it's important to understand what they can and can't do.
A dizzying variety of hardware and software tools are now available for police operations. But are they actually being used? We sent a special survey out to law enforcement officers to find out. Here's what we discovered.
About 40 seconds into the interaction, the man spins around and appears to lunge at the officer with a large blade.
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.
The Galveston (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of an arrest that sparked some outrage in August.
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.
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.
The St. Paul (MN) Police Department has released body camera footage of the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Ronald Davis earlier in September.
The Arlington (TX) Police Department on Monday released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting that left a 31-year-old man dead late last week.
Chief Williams said she expects the new "Pointed Gun at Person" (PGP) reports will help the department track how many times officers can de-escalate potentially deadly situations.