From: Brian Cechowski

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From: Brian Cechowski <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 2:54 PM

To: Chris Baker

Subject: E.com question

Is there any idea I can figure out what the "average speed" on our uploads is??

My chief is asking to add to his presentation to City Council

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Brian Cechowski, Master Police Officer Technology & Projects Coordinator Orlando Police Department 100 South Hughey Avenue Orlando, FL, 32801 p. 407.246.4107 f. 407.246.3933 cityoforlando.net/police

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From: Chris Baker <[email protected]>


To: Brian Cechowski

Subject: RE: E.com question

I can get you some rough numbers on the average amount of time it would take you to upload an hour of video. Does

something like that work?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130

TASER International, INC.

Protect Life.

www.TASER.com | www.EVIDENCE.com

LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

From: Brian Cechowski [mailto:[email protected]]


To: Chris Baker




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written communication created or received by the City of

Orlando officials and employees will be made available to the

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Under Florida law, email addresses are public records.

If you do not want your email address released in response

to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to

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To: Chris Baker

Subject: Re: E.com question

Ya, that will work.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Chris Baker <[email protected]> wrote:



Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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To: Brian Cechowski


Can you please go to this site, run the test, and send me a screenshot of the results?

http://www.speedtest.net/

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.


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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.


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To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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To: Brian Cechowski


Your cameras are on the balanced setting, right?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




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No max quality



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Chris Baker

Account Manager

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To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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To: Brian Cechowski


Thanks. When is the presentation to the chief? I’ve relayed this info to Uri and will put pressure to get it from him asap.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


No max quality



Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.


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Chris Baker

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Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




Chris Baker

Account Manager

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Protect Life.



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To: Chris Baker


The big presentation is April 6th but he has meetings before then. I'll see if I can use an actual upload as an

option.



Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


No max quality

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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


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Chris Baker

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To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.




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Protect Life.





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To: Brian Cechowski


Copy. I’ll stay on Uri to get an answer.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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option.



Chris Baker

Account Manager

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Protect Life.


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To: Chris Baker


No max quality



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Protect Life.





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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.



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To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.


I can get you some rough numbers on the average amount of time it would take you to upload an hour of video.

Does something like that work?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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From: Kelsey Nordal <[email protected]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:41 PM

To: Brian Cechowski

Subject: Thanks for your participation!

Hi Officer Cechowski,

I just want to thank you and Chief Chitwood for coming out and squeezing this into your schedule. That was an

awesome panel discussion and I know the attendees got a lot of information out of it. Sorry you couldn't make dinner,

but I'm sure you were greatly looking forward to getting home- A well-deserved break!

Thanks again sir, let me know if you ever need anything and take care!

Kelsey Nordal

Events Coordinator

480-463-2162


Protect Life.



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Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 8:38 AM

To: David Billingsley

Cc: Orlando Rolon; Rosa Akhtarkhavari

Subject: Re: Following up

Jonathan Wrenn

910.233.9999

[email protected]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:02 PM, David Billingsley <[email protected]> wrote:

Brian-

Please provide me the contact information for the person at TASER. Thanks

David Billingsley, CPSM, C.P.M., Chief Procurement Officer

Procurement and Contracts Division

City of Orlando

400 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL 32801

p.407.246.2897

f. 407.246.2869

cityoforlando.net

Register today with eSupplier. eSupplier provides self-service tools for vendor registration, account

maintenance, email notification of bid opportunities, and downloading of solicitation documents at no

charge. Suppliers must create a free eSupplier account by registering directly at esupplier.cityoforlando.net to

receive automatic email notification of bid opportunities and to download active solicitations.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Rosa Akhtarkhavari <[email protected]> wrote:

DC Rolon,

I have the draft memo for Dave on my top to do list for this afternoon. If I recall correctly, after the memo is

sent it will be up to David to work on an agreement to continue the service until August 2015.

Thanks

Rosa

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Orlando Rolon <[email protected]> wrote:

Rosa,

Please see below and let me know how you want for us to proceed.

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Brian,

I am sure we are going to come up with the continuation of services fee amount. Please hold contacting the

vendor until we get further guidance regarding this process. In the meantime, please draft a short message

regarding the request for the need to continue to have data storage (without mentioning a vendor) until a

permanent solution is set in place.

Thank you!

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Brian Cechowski <[email protected]> wrote:

Chief,

As the Body Worn Camera study is coming to a close on March 1st 2015, we will need to make sure we can

sustain both the equipment and Evidence.com until a permanent solution is purchased. Can we make a request

to obtain the costs associated with this from TASER to insure we maintain our current equipment and evidence

stored on Evidence.com.

Thanks in advance,

Brian

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Orlando Rolon, Deputy Chief

Administrative Services Bureau

Orlando Police Department

P.O. BOX 913

Orlando FL 32802-0913

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p. 407.246.3854

cityoforlando.net/police

Follow us!

@citybeautiful

facebook.com/cityoforlando

youtube.com/cityoforlando

flickr.com/cityoforlando

Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by City

of Orlando officials and employees will be made available to the public and media, upon request, unless

otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address

released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this office. Instead, contact our

office by phone or in writing. Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any








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Rosa Akhtarkhavari, Chief Information Officer

Information Technology

City of Orlando

400 South Orange Ave - 5th floor

Orlando, FL 32801

P - 407-246-2124

F - 407-246-2878 Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any













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From: David Billingsley <[email protected]>


To: Brian Cechowski

Cc: Orlando Rolon; Rosa Akhtarkhavari

Subject: Re: Following up

Thanks Brian!

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Brian Cechowski <[email protected]> wrote:

Jonathan Wrenn

910.233.9999

[email protected]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:02 PM, David Billingsley <[email protected]> wrote:

Brian-

Please provide me the contact information for the person at TASER. Thanks

David Billingsley, CPSM, C.P.M., Chief Procurement Officer

Procurement and Contracts Division

City of Orlando

400 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL 32801

p.407.246.2897

f. 407.246.2869

cityoforlando.net

Register today with eSupplier. eSupplier provides self-service tools for vendor registration, account

maintenance, email notification of bid opportunities, and downloading of solicitation documents at no

charge. Suppliers must create a free eSupplier account by registering directly at esupplier.cityoforlando.net to

receive automatic email notification of bid opportunities and to download active solicitations.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Rosa Akhtarkhavari <[email protected]> wrote:

DC Rolon,

I have the draft memo for Dave on my top to do list for this afternoon. If I recall correctly, after the memo is

sent it will be up to David to work on an agreement to continue the service until August 2015.

Thanks

Rosa

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Orlando Rolon <[email protected]> wrote:

Rosa,

Please see below and let me know how you want for us to proceed.

Brian,

I am sure we are going to come up with the continuation of services fee amount. Please hold contacting the

vendor until we get further guidance regarding this process. In the meantime, please draft a short message

regarding the request for the need to continue to have data storage (without mentioning a vendor) until a

permanent solution is set in place.

Thank you!

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Brian Cechowski <[email protected]> wrote:

Chief,

As the Body Worn Camera study is coming to a close on March 1st 2015, we will need to make sure we can

sustain both the equipment and Evidence.com until a permanent solution is purchased. Can we make a request

to obtain the costs associated with this from TASER to insure we maintain our current equipment and evidence

stored on Evidence.com.

Thanks in advance,

Brian

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Orlando Rolon, Deputy Chief

Administrative Services Bureau

Orlando Police Department

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P.O. BOX 913

Orlando FL 32802-0913

p. 407.246.3854

cityoforlando.net/police

Follow us!

@citybeautiful

facebook.com/cityoforlando

youtube.com/cityoforlando

flickr.com/cityoforlando

Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by City

of Orlando officials and employees will be made available to the public and media, upon request, unless

otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address

released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this office. Instead, contact our

office by phone or in writing. Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any








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Rosa Akhtarkhavari, Chief Information Officer

Information Technology

City of Orlando

400 South Orange Ave - 5th floor

Orlando, FL 32801

P - 407-246-2124

F - 407-246-2878 Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any









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From: Steve Tuttle <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 12:56 PM

To: '[email protected]'

Subject: AXON body-worn cameras - "Are they effective?"

This is a special news report by Philadelphia FOX News 29 asking all the right questions about AXON body-worn cameras

at Evesham Township, NJ.

This agency’s chief has been a stalwart advocate in getting in front of the media and watch how he and his officer

answer questions such as, “Are they effective and should they be mandatory?”

This story is 4:38 and it addresses important camera topic such as policies and what happened when 8 complaints were

filed at their agency.

I’m an advocate of getting this information out to the public and continue to encourage this type of proactive response

by the agencies and this is well worth watching: http://www.myfoxphilly.com/clip/11132740/an-inside-look-at

Steve Tuttle

VP Strategic Communications

Desk: 480-905-2006

Media Hotline: 480-444-4000

TASER International, Inc.

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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 10:20 AM

To: Brian Cechowski


FYI, haven’t forgotten about this. Sent Uri a reminder this morning.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker



option.



Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.


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To: Chris Baker


No max quality



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Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.



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To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.


I can get you some rough numbers on the average amount of time it would take you to upload an hour of video.

Does something like that work?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker



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Okay. Thanks.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 16, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Chris Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

FYI, haven’t forgotten about this. Sent Uri a reminder this morning. Chris Baker Account Manager 480-463-2130 TASER International, INC. Protect Life. www.TASER.com | www.EVIDENCE.com LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook From: Brian Cechowski [mailto:[email protected]]


To: Chris Baker


The big presentation is April 6th but he has meetings before then. I'll see if I can use an actual

upload as an option.


Thanks. When is the presentation to the chief? I’ve relayed this info to Uri and will put pressure to get

it from him asap.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


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Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


No max quality



Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.



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Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


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Ya, that will work.


I can get you some rough numbers on the average amount of time it would take you to upload an

hour of video. Does something like that work?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:49 AM

To: Brian Cechowski


According to Uri, an hour’s worth of video at the highest quality setting will be about 1,800 megabytes and take 48

minutes to upload.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Okay. Thanks.

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 16, 2015, at 10:19 AM, Chris Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

FYI, haven’t forgotten about this. Sent Uri a reminder this morning. Chris Baker Account Manager 480-463-2130 TASER International, INC. Protect Life. www.TASER.com | www.EVIDENCE.com LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook From: Brian Cechowski [mailto:[email protected]]


To: Chris Baker


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The big presentation is April 6th but he has meetings before then. I'll see if I can use an actual

upload as an option.


Thanks. When is the presentation to the chief? I’ve relayed this info to Uri and will put pressure to get

it from him asap.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


No max quality



Chris Baker

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Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


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Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


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Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Ya, that will work.


I can get you some rough numbers on the average amount of time it would take you to upload an

hour of video. Does something like that work?

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.



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From: Jennifer Treadwell <[email protected]>

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:14 AM

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Jeff Harris; Jennifer Treadwell; Jorge Fernandez; Steve McCosker; Sue Manney; Timothy

Isaacs; Vince Jackson; Vinny Shepard; Warren Shepard

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To: Jennifer Treadwell

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To: Chris Baker

Subject: ETMs....

Did I miss that an update or something was pushed this weekend for ETMs. 5 of my 7 all are down.

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To: Brian Cechowski

Subject: Automatic reply: ETMs....

Thank you for your message.

I will be in the field for trainings until Wednesday, February 25. During this time I will have limited access to emails.

If this is an emergency, please email [email protected] or call 1-800-978-2737.

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From: Steve Tuttle <[email protected]>


To: '[email protected]'

Subject: Good Investigative Coverage of AXON Cameras

A WSB-TV Atlanta news team came to Scottsdale for two days last month to investigate body-worn cameras in US. The

story aired last night specifically to kick off “Sweeps Week” (producer said the ratings were “great”). These stories were

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terrific example of highly proactive law enforcement.

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taxpayers:

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Atlanta, GA – A bill in the Georgia Legislature would require every police officer in Georgia to wear a body camera.

Some departments already are using them and large departments like DeKalb and Atlanta are testing them now.

Some departments already are using them and large departments like DeKalb and Atlanta are testing them now. After

the 2014 incidents in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City, police departments nationwide started using body cameras

to document crimes and protect themselves from citizen complaints.

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Channel 2’s Justin Farmer traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona to one of the largest manufacturers of body cameras to find

out how they work.

The company, Taser International, shared video of an incident in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Farmer. On the video

you can see the officer pulling over a stolen car.

The driver shot the officer in the stomach. Authorities said because the incident was caught on video, the shooter was

caught quickly.

Taser International is best known for its stun guns. Still, the company began making body cameras in the last 10 years.

Twelve hundred police agencies across the country are using the company’s cameras, including a dozen in Georgia.

“Cameras went from, well we’re not really sure if police should wear them or not, to -- now everybody agrees, we just

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How they work

To protect officers’ private conversations, the body cameras are always on, but without audio.

When an officer double-clicks his recorder, the prior 30 seconds of video is recorded and the audio begins.

Police can play back the video in the field on a smartphone to make reports more accurate. The cameras are DVR are

tamper-proof.

“There is no delete button on either device, so I can’t delete these videos,” said Steve Tuttle with Taser International.

At the end of an officer’s shift, video evidence of incidents are uploaded to secure servers. Only police or prosecutors

can access the videos.

The cameras cost a few hundred dollars, but law enforcement agencies pay a fee to Taser International to store and

manage the video evidence.

Some smaller police departments in Georgia have been using body cameras for years.

All 46 officers on the Snellville Police Department in Gwinnett County wear cameras made by Taser International

competitor, Vi-View.

Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead said he bought the cameras to protect his officers from false complaints that cost

taxpayers time and money.

“(The officers) are generally exonerated if they are accused of misconduct,” said Whitehead.

Whithead showed Farmer video of domestic violence suspects being stunned by police Taser after they broke car

windows. He said because of the video, the suspect took a plea bargain, saving taxpayers money.

“They won’t go to trial when you have that kind of evidence,” Whitehead added.

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Body cameras catch stabbing, shooting

Police body cameras may have prevented another Ferguson-type incident in Daytona Beach.

Taser International showed Farmer video of a domestic violence call involving former NFL player Germaine Greer.

He was holding a knife to his girlfriend’s chest. When he stabbed the woman, police shot Greer four times.

Investigators say Greer’s neighbors were initially angry and claimed police shot Greer while he was sleeping.

Officers showed them the video to prove police did nothing wrong.

“Everyone knows Ferguson, but no one knows Daytona Beach because of a police shooting,” said Tuttle.

Researchers in California are studying how police body cameras change the way officers interact with the community.

In Rialto, California, citizen complaints against police dropped 90 percent and use of force dropped by 60 percent once

officers started using the cameras.

“We are already finding officers are engaging in a more cautious and risk-adverse behavior,” said Justin Ready, Arizona

State University professor.

Ready is also looking into the effect of police body cameras. He’s looking at 3,700 calls involving officers wearing the

devices.

Ready added that, at first, only a third of the officers wanted to use the cameras, but that quickly changed to more than

50 percent after officers started using them.

“We had many success stories where officers had animosity toward technology, but over time they saw how it would

benefit them on the street,” Ready said.

Researchers are finding that overall, body cameras are having a positive impact, but the public should not expect too

much from the cameras in controversial situations.

“A lot of time stuff is going on off-camera that maybe isn’t seen by the camera. Things that are heard are not picked up

by the camera, so you can’t tell 100 percent of the story,” said Chandler Arizona police Officer Bill Johnson.

Ready says that even when a camera is rolling there will be controversy and pointed to the death of Eric Gardner in New

York City.

“Different groups can view the same video and see different things. They frame the incident very differently based on

their experiences,” said Ready.

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To: Brian Cechowski

Subject: RE: ETMs....

Hi Brian,

Sorry for the delay. There was not a recent update. Are the docks still down? If so, what color(s) are the cameras

showing? Have you had the opportunity to reset the docks with a paperclip?

Chris Baker

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To: Chris Baker

Subject: Re: ETMs....

I've tried one that is here in my building. Yes I tried a hard rest. No change. When I put a camera in, it doesn't

light up at all.

So I know so far x79000691, x80001225 is the 1st ETM that needs to be swapped. I'm headed out to check on

some more of them.

Brian

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To: Brian Cechowski


Copy. I have a couple calls scheduled the next hour or so but I will reach out today so we can discuss this in more detail.

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker



light up at all.


some more of them.

Brian


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To: Chris Baker


Okay sounds good

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Brian


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480-463-2130


Protect Life.





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To: Brian Cechowski


Here is that RMA info: RMA#: 203969

Chris Baker

Account Manager

480-463-2130


Protect Life.





To: Chris Baker


Okay sounds good

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Account Manager

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To: Chris Baker


I've tried one that is here in my building. Yes I tried a hard rest. No change. When I put a camera in, it

doesn't light up at all.


some more of them.

Brian


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