Taser International Inc.’s Axon Flex Video System includes a small, cylindrical camera affixed to the side of a pair of glasses. The device stores hours of digital video from the perspective of a police officer. When docked to a computer, the unit can upload the data to a secure, subscription-based website called Evidence.com, where files can be tagged, viewed and shared. While many companies are entering the market with new so-called on-body recording systems, Taser’s Axon Flex stands out for its performance, as well as its ability to improve police work by increasing transparency from the field, according to Scott Greenwood, a Civil rights anatomy who recently appeared in promotional clip about the product.
“All of this is data that an officer is going to generate by wearing one of these systems is protected, can’t be manipulated, can’t be deleted intentionally by officers, and will be available for defense purposes, prosecuting attorneys, civil rights advocates and police command staff for oversight purposes, and that’s something that hasn't been available to any of us before,” he said in the video.
Taser expects to have some 3,000 of the Axon Flex units in the field by the end of the year.
