Editor’s note: Story updated with FTC comment at 3 p.m. PT Axon is taking on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, alleging in a new lawsuit the regulator is operating an… Read More
Axon has acquired Vievu, its main competitor in the police body cam industry. The deal brings together top U.S. police body cam suppliers and ends a tumultuous relationship between rivals. Vievu… Read More
Seattle-based Vievu, which supplies body-worn cameras to police departments around the globe, has been acquired by Safariland, a provider of police and military safety equipment. Founded by 13-year Seattle Police… Read More
You have a serious car accident. The Seattle Police arrive and investigate. They issue a citation and write a report. The officers are wearing body-worn video cameras and their cars… Read More
A new report from Seattle’s federally appointed police monitor recommends that every police officer in the city should be wearing a body camera. “The time for permanent use of on-officer cameras… Read More
The Seattle Police Department has delayed a pilot program that would have allowed police officers to wear cameras that can record video and audio. Crosscut reports that concerns over privacy led the SPD… Read More
For the past six years, Seattle-based Vievu has helped more than 3,000 police agencies around the world with body-worn cameras that record what’s happening on the job. But recently, Vievu founder… Read More