THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ONE OF 14 AGENCIES TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT TURNS ON A POLICE OFFICER’S BODY CAMERA AS SOON AS HE REMOVES HIS GUN FROM HIS HOLSTER. BUT OUR NEWS PARTNER, KOB TV, REPORTS THAT’S DESPITE THE FACT THE CITY HAS A 4-POINT-4 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH AXON.
THE DEVICE BEING TESTED RIGHT NOW IS CALLED SIGNAL SIDEARM. IT’S DUE TO BE LAUNCHED BY AXON … FORMERLY KNOWN AS TASER INTERNATIONAL … IN SEPTEMBER.
ON THURSDAY, A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION WAS HELD OUTSIDE APD, PROTESTING THE LACK OF LAPEL CAM VIDEO FROM OFFICERS DURING THE DEPARTMENT’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
