[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A well-argued blog from Albuquerque points to problems of “single-bidding” for the TASER on-body-cameras, the way the City has been signed into a five-year contract – the cost of the cameras is a minor element ion the $1.9 million contract – the scandalous links between police chief and TASER International and serious […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Third “Tech summit” to promote TASER body-worn cameras at the TASER HQ in Scottsdale, Arizona on 5-6 June 2014. More than 100 police officers from across the U.S. and the United Kingdom attended, according to TASER. Four such “summits” are planned each year. Taser estimates $2,555 is spent per officer on legal […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: In a TASER press release, we read that the London Metropolitan is about to start trialling 500 TASER International of AXON on-body wearable video cameras. TASER CEO says: “EVIDENCE.com has been in New Zealand since 2009 and has expanded its data-center deployments on Amazon Web Services to Dublin, Ireland; São Paulo, Brazil; […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The highly controversial ex-Albuquerque police chief write a TASER-sponsored article in a police-chiefs’ review calling for the widespread adoption of TASER AXON on-body cameras. Thanks to this policy: “I expect that our city will save $12 million over the course of five years in saved wages alone, plus unknown millions of dollars […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: City Council debates deploying VIEVU and TASER body-held cameras (AXON), to “strike a balance between privacy concerns (mainly of police) and recording relevant interactions between police and citizens”. VIEVU downloads to a local server, AXON to the EVIDENCE.com site at the TASER corporation, costing about half the price of VIEVU (but paying […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The tech-savvy article describes how the AXON video-camera system works. Seattle-based Vievu offers a similar option, but TASER’s is cheaper by a few hundred dollars, costing $299 (body-mounted) or $499 (incorporated in glasses). Alongside this, TASER has released its Evidence.com service, which can process and handle this new digital influx of data. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : “Taser specials – for a limited time”. TASER Inc. announces AXON flex system price reduced from $949 to $499 – but it was launched at $299 – and EVIDENCE.COM with a lower price option of $9.95 a month – these prices will last until June 30, 2014 to encourage early adoption. […]