AUTOMATICALLY STARTING A CAMERA UPON THE REMOVAL OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUMENT

摘要

A system and method that allows law enforcement agencies, security organizations, and other persons to monitor whether a weapon, flashlight, handcuffs, and/or other law enforcement instrument has been unholstered. Where an instrument unholstering event occurs, a signal is virtually simultaneously sent to a body camera to begin audio/video recording. The body camera is worn by the law enforcement or security officer. The system includes a monitoring system that makes a determination of whether the instrument was removed based on information it receives from one or more sensors that are integrated into a belt/holster worn by the officer. The sensors can be pressure sensitive, magnetic, light based, accelerometer based, orientation based or a combination of such.