body cameras
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Victoria Now Has The Most Police Body Cameras In Australia
Victorian Police can now claim to have the largest rollout of officer body cameras in Australia after the force confirmed a recent deployment.
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A Spy Plane That Surveilled An Entire City For Police Is Now Being Promoted As Way To Monitor Cops
Less than two years after an aerial surveillance company was caught using a spy plane to record the entire city of Baltimore for police, the so-called “eye-in-the-sky” system is being pitched to the city with a new angle: catching corrupt cops.
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Biggest Study Of Police Body Cams Yet Finds No Change In Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints
A landmark new study following officers in the US capital has found no evidence that body cameras reduce allegations of police misconduct or officer use of force. More than 2000 officers participated in the study, making it the largest of its kind in the United States. Tracked over several months, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers…
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Taser Wants To Turn Smartphone Users Into A Citizen Snitch Network [UPDATED]
On Thursday, The Intercept published a leaked survey in which body camera manufacturer Axon (the company formerly known as Taser) discussed a new software platform permitting citizens to submit their own photo and video evidence to its private cloud storage property, Evidence.com.