Excellent Police Work & why body cams work

[*PhilHos*]

(04-07-2016, 09:36 AM)Au165 Wrote: Both, depending on the manufacture. Some earlier versions move the data instantly, and some newer models make you wait and dock at the end of the day to move the data. The issue with the end of day docking is that in the event of an incident that the officer knows he was in the wrong, it is very easy for the data to become corrupt or the camera to be damaged. Some of the first generation systems had DVRs in the back of the cars that would instantly relay the video to the cloud, but the issue was that the networks couldn't handle moving that data well in some areas. The end of day retrial is becoming more common because it is easier, but I think we will see a few incidents of video being corrupt and we will see a move back to instant uploading.

Interesting thing is Taser, who is obviously known for the Taser, has made a hard push into body cameras. In the last few years they have shifted their revenue to almost a 50/50 split between actual tasers and the body cameras. A large portion of that body camera revenue is in the service and storage of the data. Big money is in the data, not the cameras....they practically sell those at cost.

Did you know that the name for the taser (the TASER) is actually an acronym? It stands for the "Thomas A Swift's Electric Rifle." I shit you not.