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Many of the features introduced in these cameras, [35] such as the pre-event buffer, a method of capturing video from before the record button was pressed, have become common requirements in body-worn camera requests for proposal. The Axon Flex and Body only record standard definition video. Axon Flex: Released in 2012, a point-of-view camera ...
Axon Enterprise, which owns Taser and primarily develops technology and products for police, launched a “Body Workforce” camera this year for retail and health care workers.
A police officer wearing a body camera on his uniform. In policing equipment, a police body camera or wearable camera, also known as body worn video (BWV), body-worn camera (BWC), or body camera, is a wearable audio, video, or photographic recording system used by police to record events in which law enforcement officers are involved, from the perspective of the officer wearing it.
Body cameras have a range of uses and designs, of which the best-known use is as a police body camera. Other uses include action cameras for social and recreational (including cycling ), within the world of commerce , in healthcare and medical use, in military use, journalism , citizen sousveillance , and covert surveillance .
Aug. 10—HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police launched a pilot program in the greater Carlisle area for body-worn cameras that will inform a statewide rollout for all troopers to wear the ...
An AXIS P3717-PLE Network Camera, manufactured in 2019, has four adjustable camera heads enabling 360-degree coverage of an area. [ 41 ] Body Cameras – In 2020, Axis Communications entered the body camera market, competing with market incumbents Axon , Digital Ally, Wolfcom and Motorola Solutions with its Watchguard Video brand.
Axon Enterprise manufactures Tasers and police-worn body cameras. In May 2018, Axon purchased its competitor in the body camera market, Vievu LLC, for $13 million. The Federal Trade Commission soon began an antitrust investigation into Axon. The company offered to settle, but the FTC declined.
A wearable computer, also known as a body-borne computer, [1] [2] is a computing device worn on the body. [3] The definition of 'wearable computer' may be narrow or broad, extending to smartphones or even ordinary wristwatches .