SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Apr 15, 2014) - EVIDENCE.com, a business unit of TASER International, (NASDAQ: TASR) was selected for up to a 500 unit AXON body-worn video camera proof of concept pilot by the Mayor's Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC) for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) through its UK distributor Tactical Safety Responses (TSR). The tender included both AXONbody™ cameras and EVIDENCE.com as the backend data management system as part of an evaluation being conducted by the MPS.
The one-year pilot, which is set to roll out soon, is for the concept of body-worn video (BWV) under the College of Policing academic rigour, and is the largest known urban pilot of BWV cameras. It will be rolled out across nine London boroughs and up to 500 AXON cameras will be deployed.
"We're thrilled that one of the leading police agencies in the world has selected EVIDENCE.com to provide them with the technology that is going to help them securely manage their digital evidence from the initial 500 body cameras," said Jeff Kukowski, Chief Operating Officer of TASER International. "Our AXON body-worn cameras are a game changer for law enforcement agencies worldwide and are helping police officers reduce crime and build safer communities."
"EVIDENCE.com continues to expand into new international markets as law enforcement officials around the world look to us to provide secure and cost-effective solutions," said Rick Smith, Chief Executive Officer and founder of TASER. "EVIDENCE.com has been in New Zealand since 2009 and has expanded its data-center deployments on Amazon Web Services to Dublin, Ireland; São Paulo, Brazil; and Sydney, Australia. We look forward to continuing to demonstrate the security and reliability of our back-end data management system and growing the EVIDENCE.com brand globally."
EVIDENCE.com helps police capture, manage, and share their digital evidence without the complexity or cost of installing in-house servers. It enables greater transparency through seamless integration with the industry-leading AXON BWV cameras. EVIDENCE.com is the most secure, scalable, and cost-effective solution for managing all types of digital evidence. EVIDENCE.com automates the upload process to ensure security and integrity while keeping officers in the field rather than sitting at computers.
Results of a University of Cambridge year-long study conducted by US police chief, William A. Farrar of Rialto, California, that investigated whether officers' use of video cameras could bring measurable benefits to relations between police and members of the public showed an 88% reduction in complaints against officers and a 60% reduction in uses of force after implementation of TASER's AXONflex BWV cameras.