'Cop cloud' on the horizon
Taser International, the maker of stun guns widely used by police departments, is setting up shop as an IT service provider offering a law enforcement cloud.
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The company has built out a secure data center that, along with Taser's gear in the field, provides a chain of evidence that will stand up in court.
Police wearing the company's head-mounted cameras and using its stun devices, can then use Taser's Evidence.com Web portal to file reports and upload data that could include audio, video, GPS, time and shots fired. Taser said it can provide an unbroken, tamper-proof audit trail useable in court, according to SearchCloudComputing.com.
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