A pilot to equip up to 500 London Metropolitan Police officers with Taser‘s Axon Body wearable cameras has started in 10 boroughs in the UK capital today. The small device has a 130-degree lens to capture video and can be attached to an officer’s sunglasses, uniform or head-mount; all ultimately in the hope that the footage they store can be used in criminal proceedings, and to dispute claims of police misconduct. It works the other way too, though. Taser says that a recent study has shown that use of body-worn cameras led to a large reduction (60 percent in that case) in the amount times force was used by…
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