When Axon Enterprise hired its new chief software executive from Amazon Alexa and sent him out to accompany police officers on midnight ride-alongs, it was an indicator of where the company known for Tasers and body-worn cameras is headed. The former Amazon executive will be making big bets on the technologies that Axon thinks will be critical to the future of police work.
, who have been providing police departments with records management software for years, but Axon's deep experience with law enforcement will keep it competitive.
For agencies that do have such software, the costs of migrating to a new department-wide system could be prohibitive. So could being locked into five-year contracts, which is how Axon's Officer Safety Plan, which costs from $109 to $199 per officer per month, works. "Everything might be great when you sign the dotted line, but what happens if the bottom drops out of the economy next year?" says Eells.
Axon assented. The company decided to hold off on investing in further development of face-matching technology until it can figure out how to make it more accurate. Axon also wants to establish the necessary privacy and accountability safeguards to prevent police misuse when it comes to surveilling people, says a company spokesperson.
Even with his deep connection to law enforcement culture, Smith is a proponent of moving away from excessive use of force by police. "It shows them what it's like when an officer shows up, yells, points a gun and there are bright lights streaming from a car," Smith said. "It shows officers that in this situation, that activity may be counterproductive and could trigger someone who has a mental health condition to do something where you might shoot them."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Amazon van drivers' on-time delivery rate falls during Cyber WeekAmazon.com Inc van drivers' on-time delivery rate fell to 93.7% for the Cyb...
Read more »
Watch Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Amazon Music Mini-DocumentaryAmazon Music today released its brand-new mini-documentary, titled “Mariah Carey Is Christmas: The Story of ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You,’” diving deep into the origin of the blockbuster holida…
Read more »
Le Creuset dishes are almost 50% off on Amazon right nowAmazon is currently running daily deals in the run-up to Christmas, and Le Creuset casserole dishes are currently nearly 50 per cent cheaper than the RRP. Here’s how you can get your hands on the deal...
Read more »
Amazon needs to stay ahead of competition from Microsoft, analysts say - Business InsiderAmazon Web Services says it cares about customers more than competition, but experts say Microsoft's 'aggressive front' is forcing it to react
Read more »
Amazon, Google urged to remove white supremacist and 'neo-Nazi recruitment' materials from saleThe Turner Diaries, which inspired the 1995 Oklahoma bombing, are being online by several major retailers, along with other white supremacist and pro-Confederate materials.
Read more »
Vegetarianism, Resistance, and the Amazon—How One Brazilian Journalist Is Fighting Climate ChangeWhat can one person do about the disastrous deforestation in the Amazon? An act of resistance gave Brazilian journalist Vanessa Barbara (vmbarbara_) hope.
Read more »