| Title | Public Service or Proto-Monopoly? Taser Gives Out Free Cameras to LEOs | |
| Date | Sunday April 09 2017, @12:27PM | |
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| from the why-not-combine-them? dept. | ||
Taser, the company whose electronic stun guns have become a household name, is now offering a groundbreaking deal to all American law enforcement: free body cameras and a year's worth of access to the company's cloud storage service, Evidence.com.
In addition, on Wednesday, the company also announced that it would be changing its name to "Axon" to reflect the company's flagship body camera product.
Right now, Axon is the single largest vendor of body cameras in America. It vastly outsells smaller competitors, including VieVu and Digital Ally—the company has profited $90 million from 2012 through 2016.
Axon expects "80 percent to become customers," but only needs a 20-30% conversion to make a profit.
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