Posted August 25, 2017 9:30 am by Comments

By Brian Seay

The Fact Micro (pictured) is a commercial use version of the Fact Duty, which is being sold exclusively to law enforcement. (Photo: Brian Seay/Guns.com)
A small police department outside Minneapolis is testing out an alternative to the ever more prevalent body camera.
The West Hennepin Public Safety Department, which has eight officers serving some 5,000 residents, is testing the Viridian weapon-mounted camera, according to KSTP.
Since 2009, there have been 150 police involved shootings that have resulted in injury or death across Minnesota, according to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension data. When an Australian woman was shot and killed by an officer in Minneapolis last month, neither police body cameras nor dash cams were rolling during the incident.
That’s where the gun-mounted cameras come in. Guns.com got a sneak peek at the product earlier this year at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. There, retired law enforcement officer and Viridian representative Josh Sheahan noted how officers’ arms can get in the way of a body camera when they draw their weapons, blocking the view of the lens. That doesn’t happen with the gun-mounted unit. And that’s not the only unique feature.
“The camera is activated immediately when the gun is drawn from the holster and that’s

Source: Guns.com

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