SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and
SEATTLE, Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq:
AAXN), the global leader in connected law enforcement technologies,
today announced Axon Citizen, a public safety portal that allows
community members to submit evidence directly to law enforcement
agencies only for crimes under investigation. There are two ways in
which officers can solicit help from the community: one-on-one
between an officer and the citizen, or with a community-wide
broadcast requesting information on a specific crime. The
one-on-one tool is available now for Axon customers signed up for
early access. It will be available to all U.S. customers on the
Evidence.com Pro, Ultimate, or Unlimited licensing tiers at no
incremental cost, with no additional storage fees, later this year.
The large-event community broadcast Citizen tool will include
additional software capabilities to help triage the massive amounts
of data that may be submitted and will be available for an
additional enterprise license based on the size of the
agency. Learn more by visiting www.axon.com/citizen.
"Axon Citizen is a great example of the power of our cloud based
technology model," says Axon CEO and founder, Rick Smith. "Our customers will receive the
breakthrough ability to collect one-on-one information from members
of the community via a seamless software update. Similar to when we
launched multi-cam sync a few months ago, we endeavor to delight
our customers with unexpected new features that extend the
capability of their Axon experience."
With the increasing prevalence of photos and video recordings
being captured on mobile devices, Axon Citizen enables law
enforcement agencies to securely receive and manage community
submissions relating to a specific crime. The citizen receives a
URL via text message that they can click to upload their photos or
video footage. The evidence goes straight into Evidence.com so
community members do not need to hand their phones over to police.
The direct upload to Evidence.com eliminates any need for officers
to download, print and transfer data to a USB drive and physically
place it inside an evidence locker at the agency.
Axon Citizen will include the following features and
benefits:
- Accelerates the review process: Axon Citizen's triage
tool allows the reviewer to quickly decide which submissions to
accept or decline.
- Streamlines searching: All submissions are automatically
categorized and searchable within Evidence.com to simplify case
building.
- Keeps community privacy in mind: For people who prefer
to submit evidence without formal attribution, Axon Citizen allows
the community member to submit without inputting any personal
information.*
- Offers network reliability: Axon Citizen provides
agencies the infrastructure and tools needed to support large
volumes of submissions, so agencies can remain confident during
large-scale events.
- Seamless integration with Evidence.com: Data submitted
with Axon Citizen is maintained at the highest levels of security
and compliance on Axon's Evidence.com solution.
Axon's Evidence.com solution is a trusted and proven cloud
service that provides law enforcement secure workflows and sharing
capabilities to aid in the management of digital evidence. We are
committed to the ongoing security, privacy and compliance of the
Evidence.com service and data stored within. Evidence.com maintains
ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certifications, has been awarded the Cloud
Security Alliance's STAR Level 2 attestation, and has contractually
committed to the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
Security Policy within all states.
In addition to working with public safety agencies, Axon
surveyed a sampling of more than 1,500 community members nationwide
to develop a system that would suit their needs. The survey found
that more than one-fifth (21%) of respondents had captured digital
evidence pertinent to a police investigation, but fewer than half
(45%) had submitted that evidence to the police. More than half of
respondents (65%) were extremely likely or somewhat likely to
proceed with sharing evidence if only a text message was involved.
With this valuable community input, we were able to create a
product that meets the needs of both law enforcement officers and
citizens.
We will be showcasing Axon Citizen along with other products at
the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in
Philadelphia on October 22-23, at Booth Number 2825.
*Axon Citizen will do everything possible to not capture obvious
attribution data without tampering with the evidence submission, or
destroying the usefulness of the submitted evidence. To be clear,
while Evidence.com is not capturing any personal contact
information, there is still metadata embedded in the image being
submitted, and the inherent contextual information in the
image/video/audio itself that could be used through investigative
efforts by law enforcement to identify the submitter.
About Axon
The Axon network is a network of devices, apps and people that
helps law enforcement become smarter and safer. Our mission is to
protect life. Our technologies give law enforcement the confidence,
focus and time they need to keep their communities safe. Our
products impact every aspect of an officer's day-to-day
experience:
- In the field - Our Smart Weapons offer a less-lethal
intermediate use of force response and our body-worn and in-car
cameras collect video evidence to capture the truth of an incident;
and our mobile applications enable simple evidence collection.
- At the station - Our secure, cloud-based digital
evidence management solution allows officers and command staff to
manage, review, share and process digital evidence using forensic,
redaction, transcription, and other tools.
- In the courtroom - Our solutions for prosecutors make
collaborating across jurisdictions and agencies easy so that cases
can be resolved quickly.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all
of us. To date, there are more than 169,000 licensed users from
around the world and more than 190,000 lives and countless dollars
have been saved with the Axon network of devices, apps and people.
Learn more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737.
Axon, the "Axon Delta" logo, Axon network, Axon Citizen, Smart
Weapons, and Evidence.com are trademarks of Axon Enterprise, Inc.,
some of which are registered in the U.S. and other countries. For
more information, visit www.axon.com/legal. All rights
reserved.
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