SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq:
AAXN), the global leader in connected law enforcement technologies,
today announced that the Toronto
Police Service (TPS) is deploying 2,350 Axon Body 3 cameras along
with an additional 3,000 licenses (5,350 total) to its digital
evidence management solution, Axon Evidence (Evidence.com). With
Axon Evidence, TPS can manage and share digital evidence more
efficiently with access to tools such as redaction, auto-tagging
and transcription resulting in cost and time savings for the police
service. This order was received in the third quarter of 2020 and
will ship in multiple phases beginning August 2020.
The TPS deployment of Axon body-worn cameras follows an almost
six-year vendor review process. Through this extensive evaluation
process, Axon demonstrated that its hardware and software services
will deliver the following benefits to TPS:
- Community Relations: Axon body-worn cameras provide
a greater picture of what happened in an incident as well provide
officer accountability. With Axon Citizen, TPS will be able to
collect digital evidence directly from the public and save it to
the cloud-based platform. This will make it easier for the citizens
of Toronto to share information
with TPS and make it readily available for investigations in a
secure manner.
- Cost Savings: The use of Axon Evidence, a cloud-based
digital evidence management platform, will allow TPS to reduce IT
infrastructure costs, resources and hardware. Axon Evidence creates
major cost savings by enabling agencies to sort, manage, review,
tag, transcribe and share evidence digitally so it can be available
for both investigations and the courts in a more timely
manner.
"Deciding to go with an Axon body camera program was the best
decision for Toronto Police
Service because the cameras are just part of the bigger picture,"
says TPS Superintendent Michael
Barsky. "The real value is within the digital evidence
management solution which will allow us to manage and share
evidence with ease, speed and less costs. I'm excited to experience
the benefits that these cameras, backed by Axon Evidence, will
provide to our officers and the community."
"Toronto Police Service is
leading the way with an implementation of connected body cameras
and innovative technology for Canadian police services and we're
excited to partner with them," says Axon's Canadian Managing
Director, Vishal Dhir. "This is a
great opportunity for the Service to truly harness the power of the
Axon network by utilizing cameras for transparency and cloud-based
software for tools that will help increase efficiencies and
decrease costs, that benefits the entire community."
For more information, visit
https://www.axon.com/products/axon-body-3.
About Axon
Axon is a network of devices, apps, and people that help law
enforcement and public safety personnel become smarter and safer.
With a mission of protecting life, our technologies give customers
the confidence, focus and time they need to keep their communities
safe. Our products impact every aspect of a public safety officer's
day-to-day experience.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all of
us. To date, more than 237,000 lives and countless dollars have
been saved with the Axon network of devices, apps and people. Learn
more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Axon is a global
company with headquarters in Scottsdale,
Ariz. and global software engineering hub in Seattle, Wash., as well as additional offices
in Canada, Australia, Finland, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands.
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which are registered in the US and other countries. For more
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