The Big Little Things

Police officers are in the field in all weather and for long periods and, at times, their work will involve chasing people and physical confrontation. It follows that their equipment must be durable, comfortable and unobtrusive to wear and seamlessly fit into their working lives. Achieving these goals requires an innovative product design and an obsession with seemingly small details. It’s the kind of work that Kevin Coles thrives on. He’s a product designer, who has been devising and manufacturing the accessories and mounts for Axon products used by the country’s police forces. Here he gives five observations on what most influences his team’s work. · The devil is in the detail · Considering all eventualities · It’s all about empathy · What is design thinking? · Taking a holistic approach to design

The Making of Axon Body 3: Big Decisions on Display

Axon Body 3 product team put effort into making the display that had “just enough” information to help the officer wearing the unit have a better experience, but without making it a distraction and therefore safety risk.

The Making of Axon Body 3: Adventures in Audio

Read how Axon Body 3 takes audio quality to the next level.

The Making of Axon Body 3: Video Magic in Tampere, Finland

Axon Body 3, which will be launched in later 2019, makes breakthrough advancements in image quality that includes minimizing motion blurs and providing the best possible low light experience.

What do salespeople even do?

At the most fundamental level, *a sales person connects products with people. *You can think of sales people as the glue of the economy.

Using Scala at Axon

Senior Software Engineer at Axon talks about the the benefits and challenges of using Scala on the team, the tools and servies built using Scala, and how large organizations can improve their adoption of Scala.

The 3 letters that separate a good product manager from a great one - ACE

Principal Product Manager at Axon talks about three characteristics that set product manager apart.

4 Bases to Cover Before Starting a Drone Program

Make sure you cover these four important bases before starting your drone program.

7 Focus Areas for Millennial Police Recruitment

Seven critical focus ares for millenial aged police officer recruitment and retention.

3 Major Impacts of 5G on In-Car Video

Officer Suicide – Uniting a House Divided

When it comes to officer suicide, here's what we need to do.

3 simple device management tips to save you hours

Here are the top 3 ways you can get the most value managing your Axon devices and save significant amounts of time.

XSPP FAQs

Axon announces its new compensation plan, the eXponential Stock Performance Plan ("XSPP"). Questions regarding why Axon creates it, how it works and its potential impact are addressed.

Cooperative Contracts Webinar

A webinar for law enforcement to understand how to use cooperative contracts to fund their technology needs. This webinar explores the different purchasing vehicles available for body camera program, Fleet deployment or Interview Room solutions.

Pushing Prevention: Oxnard, CA Axon Citizen Case Study

Oxnard PD implemented Axon Citizen for Officers in December of 2017 and leveraged Citizen for Communities as an early access partner in June of 2018. Soon after rolling out the service, the department realized the potential crime deterrence possibilities in addition to the inherent time-saving and efficiency-adding conveniences.

YouTube-8M Kaggle Challenge: Learnings and Takeaways

Axon's AI team participated in a Kaggle challenge for a video classification problem. Kaggle is an online competition arena for machine learning (ML) researchers and practitioners alike, competing for prizes, kudos, learning and education for oneself, or maybe one additional line in their resume. We engaged in the competition named “The 2nd YouTube-8M Video Understanding Challenge,” and achieved top 4% (17th place among 394 teams).

Shadow IT and the Allegory of the Cave

Axon was built on and continues to grow on the experimentation and innovation in all roles at all levels. Shadow IT, if embraced and managed appropriately, can be your accelerator for getting things done and stimulus for technology innovation.

Return of the RISE Awards

Shining a spotlight on the amazing feats undertaken every day by law enforcement officers across the country.

Emotional Law Enforcement Tribute Video Goes Viral

Axon teamed up with chart-topping band One Republic to create a law enforcement tribute video with One Republic's song “I Lived” serving as the soundtrack.

CA CEW Webinar

A recording of a recent webinar we covered how Canadian agencies have tackled their CEW deployments and the best practices we've found to be most effective across a range of agencies.

Axon Super Powers IACP

This year, Axon super-powered IACP 2018, creating a graphic novel and booth experience that helped customers visualize how our products help take police from heroes to super heroes.

Why we love learning but hate training

Darren Steele, Axon SVP of Marketing, Training, and Communications, shares his thoughts on why most classroom training is terrible and what we can do to turn training into actual learning.

Fleet 2 Webinar

For too long, in-car video systems have been clunky and completely disconnected to other important agency hardware and software. That's why we built Axon Fleet 2. Axon Fleet 2's cloud-connected architecture changes everything. Now, installation and troubleshooting are straightforward, so your vehicle can stay on the road where it belongs.

Are Millennials Just Entitled?

Jim Brady, Axon VP of Global Supply Chain, shares his perspective on working with and hiring Millennials.

Non Zero-Sum Products

The Axon body camera and Evidence.com are non-zero sum products. Body cameras offer an unbiased perspective which increases transparency for communities while also protecting officers from false complaints. The improvements that we continue to make in our body cameras and digital evidence management platform yield benefits to both communities and officers.

Creating an Innovation Engine

Glenn Hickman, Vice President of Engineering, presents his thoughts on how to build a company culture that fosters innovation and forward thinking.

Artificial Intelligence is All Around Us: A History

Todd Basche, Axon's EVP of Worldwide Product, explores the history and developments of Artificial Intelligence, and talks about how AI is changing our lives.

IACP 2017: A look at Signal Sidearm

Are you excited for IACP? We are. In preparation for the conference next week, we're taking an in-depth look at Signal Sidearm so you can get ready to experience the real thing at the conference.

Information Security Threats Agencies Face

Jenner Holden, SVP of Information Security at Axon, talks about cyberattacks and the people that deploy them – and how Axon keeps your information safe.

Security by Design - Products and Practices

Axon's SVP of Information Security discusses how our products and practices fit in our security program.

Case Studies: Body-worn videos, the Met Police, and the West Midlands Police

Read two new case studies on the Met Police and the West Midlands Police, which highlight just how effective and efficient body-worn videos, partnered with Evidence.com, can be.

Security in Our People

Read how the team at Axon works hard to protect your data and creates a culture of security throughout the company.

Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Cedric Alexander

Read about one of our Axon Accelerate speakers, Dr. Cedric Alexander, Deputy Mayor of Rochester, NY, who will be presenting on “The Power of Trust: Approaches to Police-Community Relations”.

10 Things You Won’t Want to Miss at Axon Accelerate 2017

Axon Accelerate is coming up in less than two months, and in the lead-up to June 20, we'll be sharing events and opportunities that we're excited about. We've put together a list of 10 different Axon Accelerate action items to look forward to.