The LA Times reports that officers in San Jose, California will now be monitored using a body-worn DVR and head-mounted surveillance camera.
The purpose of this new protocol is to cut down on police brutality, use of excessive force, and other police misbehavior that the department has received a significant amount of complaints about. The new devices will allow investigators of police brutality reports to review video of each incident, to verify if brutality occurred. However, the recording of incidents is very much a matter of using the honor system, as officers must start/stop recording on their own.
PC Surveillance offers a body-worn DVR system of this kind, designed for military, law enforcement, and public safety use. The KAISHOT system enables agencies to monitor the actions of their units in real-time using wireless mesh networking technology. KAISHOT also allows for monitoring of an individual officer’s location via GPS, his/her biometric data, such as heartbeat, body temp, etc, and much more.
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LA Times: San Jose police mount cameras on officer’s heads to record encounters with public
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