The market for body-worn cameras has seen rapid expansion in the last two years. The numbers of available models has multiplied, fitting every client size and budget, and an industry shakeout is imminent.
While conducting the research for this article, a&s wanted to pinpoint the moment in time when the market for body-worn cameras started to boom — what was the trigger? “It all started with Ferguson,” answered Brad Barnes, Law Enforcement Specialist at Vizucop. “The market has definitely exploded from that point.”
The incident Barnes is referring to is that of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American man, by a white police officer from Ferguson, Missouri, U.S., which escalated into protests and riots the day following the shooting. Apart from peaceful protest, the tension between law reinforcement and protesters also escalated into vandalism, loot...