http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/taser_axon_headcams/
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco •
Posted in Policing, 29th December 2009 20:47 GMT
A California police department is testing a high-tech defense against one of the most pernicious weapons used against them in recent years: the video camera.
Ever since Rodney King was famously videotaped receiving what many saw as an over-the-top thrashing by Los Angeles lawmen back in 1991, video footage of alleged police misconduct has time and time again come back to haunt overzealous boys in blue.
And now, the same folks who enabled 2007's immortal "Don't tase me, bro!" video are leveling the playing field with a camera-computer combo known as the Taser Axon - or, to use the less-subtle terminology of Taser International's marketeers, the "TASER® AXON™ ... a tactical networkable computer combining advanced audio-video record/capture capabilities worn by first responders" that's "designed for simple, easy operation even under extreme stress."..................................
