Volume 6
July-Aug 2016 Edition
DeKalb County PD Chooses BodyWorn™ Body Camera (Videos)
(Learn More about BodyWorn™, the smartest body camera
in the industry, helping police officers automatically capture,
offload and view media evidence. Courtesy of BodyWorn and
YouTube)
Utility’s BodyWorn(TM) is the only police body camera system that provides policy-based recording and automatic video
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Georgia’s DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
has approved the purchase of 600 BodyWorn™
wearable body cameras to outfit its entire uniform
division in order to enhance transparency, accountability and officer safety. BodyWorn™ is the only
policy-based recording system on the market employing customizable, recording triggers that automatically initiate recording.
The DeKalb County Police Department is the latest department to have adopted BodyWorn™ because of its reliability, performance, and security.
Others includeLilburn, Marietta,Clayton County, the
Atlanta Department of Corrections and Decatur inGeorgia; Bexar County in Texas; Colorado Springs
inColorado; and Long Beach inCalifornia; Biloxi in
Mississippi; and others throughout the country.
“The purchase of this technology will benefit police
officers and the public by providing an added layer
of transparency and accountability,” said DeKalb
County’s interim CEO,Lee May. “This is another
important investment in community-oriented policing and proof of our commitment to use technology
to aid in building trust and mutual respect between
law enforcement and those they are sworn to protect.”
The BodyWorn™ software operates on a 4G-LTE
smartphone that is embedded into the officer’s uniform. The camera always points forward and will
not be knocked askew or fall off during a struggle or
when the officer is running. Wi-Fi and 4G-LTE connectivity, and BodyWorn’s™ Smart Offload software, provides immediate video upload to secure
storage in the police car or cloud storage.
In addition, video is encrypted as it is recorded,
so it is not vulnerable to tampering, mishandling,
or loss, and officers do not have to travel back to
the police station hours later to manually upload
video by putting the camera into a docking station.
BodyWorn™ can also live stream video directly to
DeKalb County Central Dispatch during emergency situations.
Robert McKeeman, CEO of Utility
“We call DeKalb County home, and are honored to
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