Civil and Human Rights Groups and Technology Experts Urge Caution on Axon’s Body Worn Cameras Announcement
Civil and Human Rights Groups and Technology Experts Urge Caution on Axon’s Body Worn Cameras Announcement
Today The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Upturn, ACLU, Center for Media Justice, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, Color of Change, Media Mobilizing Project, and Open Technology Institute issued the following statements following the announcement by Axon (formerly known as TASER International) that they will provide free body worn cameras to every police officer in the U.S., and they will “also provide supporting hardware, software, data storage, training, and support to police departments free of cost for one year.”