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announce that the DeKalb County Police Department will be deploying BodyWorn™,” said Robert
McKeeman, CEO of Utility. “There have been too
many times when manually operated, clip-on body
cameras have failed to record the adequate video
necessary for transparency that the public—and
21st-Century Policing —demands. Integrating the
body camera into the officer’s uniform means the
camera can’t fall off.
Automatic policy-based recording and immediate
Smart Offload are core parts of our Generation 2
technology that ensures video does not get compromised or lost. An officer having a body camera,
but not actually recording usable video of an incident, damages public trust—and we feel would be
worse than no body camera at all. We are dedicated to providing technology that ensures reliable
video recording. I am a proud graduate of Southwest DeKalb High School. No one is more committed to body camera success for DeKalb County
than I am.”
In addition to BodyWorn™, the DeKalb Police Department has also purchased Utility’s Rocket™ integrated vehicle communication systems, turning
each patrol car into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot. This
will optimize the Department’s recording and video
maintenance capabilities by adding automatic recording triggers and Smart Offload to its in-vehicle
cameras.
BodyWorn™ also includes Smart Redaction™ at
no additional cost. Smart Redaction™ automatically identifies and blurs faces, body parts with
identifiable tattoos, and other selected objects in a
video to protect the privacy of citizens and police
officers. This unique capability allows a police department to quickly and reliably redact video to respond to media and FOIA (Freedom of Information
Act) requests, as well as to prepare video for use in
Court. Extensive manual labor to redact videos is
eliminated, which allows law enforcement agencies
to protect privacy while ensuring accountability and
transparency—all at a low cost.
July-Aug 2016 Edition
(Learn More about Smart Redaction, enabling 21st Century
Police Accountability and Transparency by removing cost
as a barrier to releasing body-worn video on a timely basis.
Courtesy of Utility, Inc. and YouTube)
BodyWorn™ is part of Utility’s Evidence EcoSystem. For more information about Generation 2
BodyWorn™ video cameras and the Evidence
EcoSystem, visit http://www.BodyWorn.com.
BodyWorn™ uses smart mobile computing technology incorporating real-time communications
for the best possible Situational Awareness. Only
BodyWorn™ provides policy-based recording, Officer Down emergency alerts, live video streaming,
and secure automatic wireless offload to cloud storage.
BodyWorn™ video, audio and metadata can be accessed through the AVaiLWeb™ digital evidence
management solution hosted on Amazon AWS.
BodyWorn™ Software as a Service will continue to
evolve to meet the demands of Police Departments
around the world. BodyWorn™ and the Rocket
IoT™ in-car video system leverage Amazon Web
Services cloud storage, and provide our customers
with Mission Critical Intelligence.
Utility is a venture-capital funded company headquartered in Decatur, Georgia (Metro Atlanta)
founded in 2001. The company provides Mission
Critical Intelligence through the Rocket IoT™ vehicle video routers and BodyWorn™ video systems
for Police, Fire, EMS, Electric and Gas Utility, and
Public Transit customers. Utility offers a unified operating platform for safely locating, tracking and
supporting all aspects of mobile field operations.
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