Los Angeles Police Department Renews Contract With Axon; Becomes Largest TASER 7 Deployment
Axon announces new customers to join Axon network and deploy TASER 7 energy weapons and body-worn cameras
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Axon (Nasdaq: AAXN), the global leader in connected public safety technologies, today announced that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) renewed their 5-year contract with Axon and purchased 5,260 TASER 7 energy weapons and 355 Axon Body 3 cameras. With this purchase, LAPD now deploys 7,355 Axon body cameras and 7,530 TASER 7 energy weapons making this the largest energy weapon deployment in the U.S. The TASER 7 and Axon Body 3 are great opportunities for our customers to truly harness the power of the Axon network in order to provide greater accountability and transparency, says Axon CEO and founder, Rick Smith. We are thrilled to see agencies implement these advanced technology solutions w
By: Rep. Don Beyer
January 14, 2021
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) announced today that they will reintroduce their Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act, which would require uniformed federal police officers, including U.S. Capitol Police, to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in police vehicles. Last Congress, their bill was included in the House-passed George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The District of Columbia and Fairfax County both require officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles.
“There is an urgent need for this bill,” Norton said. “Capitol Police tried to stop last week’s mob attack on the Capitol, but without body cameras, we have been forced to rely on social media streams, cameras in the Capitol and pubic reporting to learn what happened. The events at Lafayette Square last year, where U.S. Park Police and other federal police officers forcibly removed
The important part about this team is that as a chief of police, I don t have control of that investigation, and that s the important part for the public trust, Herndon Chief of Police Maggie DeBoard said.
Currently, police use of force is investigated by detectives within the same department. Soon, it will be investigated by a team of detectives from multiple agencies except the agency involved in the shooting.
Once the investigation is complete, the process remains the same. The facts of the case are given to the prosecutor in the county where the officers involved in the shooting work, and the prosecutor will determine if the shooting was justified or criminal.
A Muslim school board member from northern Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated after she was pepper-sprayed during a.
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