Bribe Accusations By Multiple US Cities Against Taser

By: IPVM Team, Published on Jun 17, 2016

One company is dominating the body camera business - Taser.

The stun gun leader aims to grow a VSaaS powerhouse and take over one of the fastest growing video surveillance niches.

However, 6 US cities have made various allegations against Taser about improper behavior, including bribes. In this note, we overview issues with each of the cities (in CA, LA, NM, TN, TX and UT) and examine the threat to Taser.

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Comments (6)

Undisclosed #1

06/17/16 03:11pm

Undisclosed #2

06/17/16 03:36pm

It's about time this came out

Undisclosed #3

06/19/16 03:24am

For background on how this company operates, I would urge you to see the documentary "Killing Them Safely".

Undisclosed Integrator #4

02/20/17 03:08pm

......and the City of Orlando booted them out last summer!

Undisclosed #2

02/20/17 05:54pm

More of Tasers tactics:

Rival sues Taser over loss of Phoenix police body-cam contract

Undisclosed #2

09/26/17 01:03am

Police commander’s relationship with Axon raises questions about Pittsburgh’s no-bid contract for body cameras

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