Taser Axon Flex Camera, 2013

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Artifact Overview

Body-worn cameras are meant to increase transparency and accountability between law enforcement and civilians. Promotion of this technology coincided with the rise of social unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and the Black Lives Matter activist campaign, which protested the deaths of several African-American citizens under police restraint. Government grants encouraged adoption of these cameras in police departments beginning in 2015.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Camcorder

Date Made

2013

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2015.106.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Stephen Tuttle, founding team member of TASER International.

Material

Plastic
Metal

Color

Black (Color)
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3.125 in (controller)
Width: 2.5 in (controller)
Length: 0.563 in (controller)
Height: 0.75 in (camera)
Width: 0.75 in (camera)
Length: 3.125 in (camera)
Height: 1.438 in (wall charger - largest point)
Width: 1.438 in (wall charger - largest point)
Length: 1.5 in (wall charger)
Height: 4.25 in (box)
Width: 5.313 in (box)
Length: 5.313 in (box)

Inscriptions

on back of controller: AXON flex / Volume / Pairing / Operation LED / Record = Blinking Red Buffer = Blinking Green Bootup = Solid Red Disconnect = Blinking Yellow / Power Switch / Red = On / Event Button / Double Tap = Start Record Hold 3 Sec = Stop Record / Battery Button / Green = Full Charge Yellow = 20%-40% Red = Less than 20% on camera, proper right: 9346 on camera, proper left: T00378 REV D / X78079346 on front of box: TASER on bottom of box: MADE FOR iPod iPhone / iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod shuffle and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. / 2013 TASER International, Inc. All rights reserved.