Axon Body 3 cameras will be deployed to hospital security in
over 60 acute care health centers to promote a safer hospital
environment
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 8, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global leader in
connected public safety technologies, announced today that CHRISTUS
Health will equip hospital security officers across their network
of hospital campuses with Axon Body 3 body-worn cameras and
licenses to Axon's digital evidence management system, Axon
Evidence.
CHRISTUS Health is the tenth largest not-for-profit healthcare
system in the U.S. with more than 60 acute health care centers
providing individualized and compassionate care. CHRISTUS Health
will be outfitting security team members at all U.S. acute care
health centers with Axon body-worn cameras as a part of an ongoing
commitment to workplace violence prevention and providing a safe
environment for patients, staff and visitors.
"CHRISTUS Health strives to provide its security team with
industry-leading and innovative de-escalation devices and training
to ensure the health and wellbeing of every patient, guest,
employee or care practitioner that enters one of our centers," said
Roy E. Alston, Ph.D., Vice President
of Security and Public Safety at CHRISTUS Health. "By leveraging
Axon body-worn cameras, we are confident that we have the adequate
technology and resources to deter and de-escalate incidents with
the goal of making CHRISTUS Health the safest place of care in the
communities we serve."
"We are excited to partner with CHRISTUS Health, an innovator in
the industry, as they deploy Axon Body 3 cameras and Axon Evidence
across their network of centers," said Axon Key Account Director,
Brandon Templeton. "Through this
deployment, CHRISTUS Health is demonstrating their commitment to
keep their centers safe and positioning themselves as leaders
within the evolving security landscape."
Today's announcement is a testament to Axon's commitment to
delivering value to commercial enterprise security customers,
including healthcare systems, who turn to Axon as the market
leading body camera and digital evidence management provider.
About CHRISTUS Health
CHRISTUS Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit system made up of
more than 600 centers, including long-term care facilities,
community hospitals, walk-in clinics and health ministries. They
are a community 45,000 strong, with over 15,000 physicians
providing individualized care. Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity
of the Incarnate Word in Houston
and San Antonio and the Sisters of
the Holy Family of Nazareth, their
mission is to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to every individual they serve.
About Axon
Axon is the technology leader in global public safety. Our moonshot
goal is to cut gun-related deaths between police and the
public by 50% before 2033. Axon is building the public safety
operating system of the future by integrating a suite of hardware
devices and cloud software solutions that lead modern policing.
Axon's suite includes TASER energy devices, body-worn cameras,
in-car cameras, cloud-hosted digital evidence management solutions,
productivity software and real-time operations capabilities. Axon's
growing global customer base includes first responders across
international, federal, state and local law enforcement, fire,
corrections and emergency medical services, as well as the justice
sector, commercial enterprises and consumers.
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trademarks of Axon Enterprise, Inc., some of which are registered
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