The Los Angeles Police Department expects to see a major improvement in the way it processes dash-cam and body-worn camera footage with a new cloud management system and upgraded in-car cameras that allow for footage to be uploaded to a secure server from the field.
Chief Michel Moore was joined by fellow officers outside the LAPD Headquarters in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, to unveil the new Axon Fleet 3 in-car camera system and Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager, touting the upgrades as a huge step forward in police accountability.
The Cradlepoint cloud server provides network and cellular connectivity management to LAPD, allowing them to control and administer their entire vehicle fleet remotely.
The Axon Fleet 3 in-car camera system will provide patrol cars with both forward and rear facing cameras in the front and back of the vehicles, offering a wider angle of interior and exterior shots and higher resolution than the previous Axon system they had employed.
“This system will allow us to better monitor and record the actions of officers in the field and ensure they are following protocol,” Moore said. “Providing more real-time information to and from patrol cars on instances like officer-involved shootings, traffic stops and critical incidents.”
The new camera system also will pair directly with officers’ Axon body-worn cameras — which have been in use since 2016 — allowing officers to sync directly with their dashcam audio rather than wearing a separate microphone. This shared audio connection between the body-worn camera mics and dashcam mics will save time without the need to sync up audio between the old, separate mics officers had worn.
“The LAPD prides itself in innovation and leveraging technology to uphold public confidence, while working to reduce the administrative burden on our officers,” Deputy Chief John McMahon said.
Previously, officers would have to return to their division and place their cameras into a dock in order to…
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