http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/ Engadget Comments for Pistol camera captures gunslinging action, seeks role in next Faces of Death http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
No.....sprinkle some crack on him....]]>Oct 30th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/

If police shootings are so bad they have to mount cameras to guns then America really needs to do something about its gun violence.

First of all, the reason why we arm police with guns is SUPPOSSED TO BE so they have the ability to kill in order to save lives. Police are SUPPOSSED TO BE FAIR and their judgement when using their weapons is SUPPOSSED TO BE INSCRUTABLE.

Unfortunately, the police departments of america have had a long history of institutionalized RACISM, CLASSISM and ELITISM along with infrequent ties to organized crime.

The last thing any cop wants is to have his judgement to use his weapon end up in a courtroom being reviewed by a jury. That is what this camera represents.


I always believed however that if cops have the power to KILL citizens then the government should have the right to review their decision thoroughly - the camera helps see what the cop was shooting at, but not why he was shooting or what he was thinking when he did so.

The one thing that is true however, is that most criminals won't have cameras mounted under their guns when shooting at cops.
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I'd like to elaborate on that last one. I'm not on the front lines, so I don't base this on solid facts, but I get the impression that the weight given to the word of a cop has gone down quite a bit -- there's a lot of anti-police sentiment out there, and/or a lot of sympathy for criminals. I think of cases like Compean/Ramos (the two border patrol agents who got sent to prison for shooting a fleeing drug smuggler in the ass) might have gone a bit differently if they had gun-cam footage where they could pull up a frame, point to the guy's hand, and say, "Here's where we thought he had a gun." Then the jury could look at it from their perspective and decide for themselves whether it looked threatening or whether it was just something they made up after the fact to cover their own asses. I personally believe the former -- well, actually I personally don't care because I don't think law enforcement needs an excuse to shoot a fleeing drug smuggler -- but it would be beneficial to have evidence to help us all decide.]]>Nov 1st 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/



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Especially if the officer is running and suddenly has to fire his weapon - it gets very chaotic, as anyone could imagine.

But I think as far as just at least an audio stream of incidents away from the squad car could be very useful.

However, something tells me Mackey isn't going to be picking one of these up =p]]>Oct 30th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
I believe the only thing you're likely to see is a lot of panning. ]]>Oct 30th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
Or maybe they should just make a camera that can replace the slide guide.

For people who don't know what a slide guide is, it's the thing that keeps the slide in place after the shot is fired (right under the barrel.)]]>Oct 30th 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
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Someone mentioned the potential that this would unbalance the weapon/slow drawing of the gun. That is true to some degree. The device does add weight, but it looks like it would be comparable to any other mounted flashlight. Additionally, guns are often drawn well before it becomes necessary to fire them, and even more often a gun is drawn without ever firing. I'm sure you've seen it on COPS (sorry for using that show as a reference, but I figure everyone here has seen it), an officer stops a car and receives a threat. He then approaches the car with his gun drawn and pointed, he doesn't wait till the last second to draw it. Therefore, draw speed isn't really an issue.

As for being jittery, this is also unlikely. Take the previous example, the gun is pointed and remains pointed at one point (that is the whole idea behind aiming). Now sure, if the officer then sprints you are going to record all kinds of jitter and ground shots, but when the officer does fire his weapon (and this is obviously the crucial point of the video) the gun will again be steady and pointed at the situation.

Just my thoughts, but it sounds like a great idea. If it works as it is designed I think the pros would far outweigh the cons.]]>Oct 30th 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
(Policeman reviewing the tape) "Ahh!!! My ears!!!!!"]]>Oct 30th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
Hmm...]]>Oct 30th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
Does the Sony version of this camera incorporate their image-stablization technology?
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Sweet.

Hopefully this won't lead to scrapbooks of death.]]>Oct 30th 2007 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Back... and to the left.
Back... and to the left...]]>Oct 30th 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 30th 2007 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
Why not just put the camera on the officer's uniform?

Or why not on special eyewear / headwear / neckwear?

THAT could be done]]>Oct 30th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 31st 2007 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/]]>Oct 31st 2007 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 31st 2007 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 31st 2007 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/Oct 31st 2007 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/pistol-camera-captures-gunslinging-action-seeks-role-in-next-fa/
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The balance / unbalance. I don't think it would be that bad. Different weapons have different balance. Training would be the key.

While others are right in that guns drawn situations occur a lot more than true critical emergencies - at least in the US. Drawing your firearm is for instance far less common in the EU, for a variety of reasons, most importantly that few citizens have access to firearms over there and it would seem that emergency drawing of the weapon occurs far more often due to different practices and perceptions. Anyhow my main concern would be drawing the firearm in an emergency situation, and along the same line, the safety of the holster against criminals trying to grab your pistol during a struggle.

The video quality seemed very usable, from what they had on ABC news / GMA this morning. They used tracers. Didn't hear sound during the clip though. Maybe the station muted it. For real world situations it might have some audio dampening system for the shots (used in hi-tech hearing protection) as recording voices and maybe that of the suspect requires a sensitive microphone or two (one back, one front).

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" about the size of a lipstick "

ROFLOL. I don't know what size lipstick the person who typed that story uses. ]]>Oct 31st 2007 11:23AM