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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday March 12 2017, @11:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the shooting-and-shooting dept.

TechDirt reports

Taser, the company, gets a lot of cop love because of its titular product, which is deployed (too) frequently to subdue arrestees. It probably doesn't get as much love for its body cameras, especially since it's already wired one line to sync footage with Taser deployment.

Its cameras are going to get even less love now. Taser's latest product looks to ensure no shooting goes unrecorded.

To ensure accountability during police encounters, Axon, Taser's police body camera division, has announced a small sensor for gun holsters that can detect when a gun is drawn and automatically activate all nearby cameras. The sensor, Signal Sidearm, is part of a suite of products aimed at reducing the possibility that officers will fail to or forget to switch on their cameras during encounters with the public.

This isn't a welcome development for cops who'd rather have every shooting/killing go unrecorded. And it's probably not going to be picked up by many departments as it's an aftermarket add-on that serves the singular purpose of accountability.

[...] Say what you will about Taser's taser, but its camera division (Axon) continues to make strides towards better law enforcement accountability. In addition to the gun-out, camera-on clip, Axon has also made body/dash cameras that begin recording when squad car doors are opened and/or the cruiser's lights are turned on.


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  • (Score: 2) by Murdoc on Monday March 13 2017, @12:36AM (1 child)

    by Murdoc (2518) on Monday March 13 2017, @12:36AM (#478266) Homepage

    Sorry, my narrative? What narrative is that? I was merely speculating, wondering actually, how long it would take for some cops to figure out a way around this, as clearly there have been cases where cops do not want to be recorded doing certain things. I made no suggestion as to the number or proportion of police that would do so, as you did. I think that you are reading too much into what I said.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 13 2017, @12:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 13 2017, @12:40AM (#478268)

    > Sorry, my narrative? What narrative is that?

    Frojack is an idiot savant at projection.
    Frojack is very fond of his narrative and so he assumes everybody else has one too.