Skip navigation
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities
with Open Source Research

Include the following technologies

Mountain View Police Department: Body-worn Cameras

Axon-brand body-worn camera laying on a table
An example of an Axon body-worn camera.
Credit: City of Lafayette, IN
Agency Mountain View Police Department
Location Mountain View, CA
Technology Body-worn Cameras
Vendor Axon

The Mountain View Police Department purchased 66 Axon body-worn cams in 2015 for $135,000.

More about this technology

Many law enforcement agencies require officers to attach body-worn cameras to their chests or shoulders to capture interactions with suspects and the public. Some cameras stream live and can be combined with face recognition technology.

Axon-brand body-worn camera laying on a table
An example of an Axon body-worn camera.
Credit: City of Lafayette, IN