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Police upgrade body-worn cameras in Axon deal BY JOE MCHUGH
Peoria Times Staff Writer
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JANUARY 26, 2023
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he Peoria Police Department has been using body-worn cameras for years, but upgraded technology has allowed for embedded tracking and GIS services, as well as AI transcription services. The new cameras will give more checks, balances and safety to the officers that wear them. “You are providing the officers with the best technology out there for a vari-
ety of situations for officer safety,” Peoria Police Deputy Chief Douglas Steele said. They have a tracking system implemented into the cameras that will be audited, to ensure they’re using their equipment properly. Along with the auditing process, the AI transcription service will make the officers’ job easier, allowing for an accurate depiction in words of what happened in the submitted video. This makes the police report process exponentially faster and leaves bias and human error out of the
equation. “You now have the officer ability to have transcripts from their body-worn camera, which that information is more accurate,” Steele said. “And then we can put in a police report and it’s more accurate information. So, it’s not an officer perception, no, these are the actual things that were said.” Most importantly, these body-worn cameras provide a base level of comfort to the officer. Their safety is at its peak SEE AXON PAGE 2
Harris visits WV to applaud renewable energy project BY JORDAN ROGERS
Peoria Times Managing Editor
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ice President Kamala Harris visited Tonopah on Jan. 19 for the groundbreaking of a new renewable energy project called Ten West Link. Ten West Link is a planned energy infrastructure project that will connect electrical substations in Tonopah and Blythe, California. According to the project’s website, it spans 125 miles and is expected to be completed and operational by the end of 2023. “You rely on the power delivered by our nation’s network of transmission lines, and that network is in desperate SEE ENERGY PAGE 2
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Tonopah to commemorate Ten West Link, a new renewable energy project that will connect California and Arizona. (Jordan Rogers/Staff)
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