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Citizen for Officers:
One-On-One Evidence Collection
In the interest of public safety, Axon is providing the full feature
set of Axon Citizen at no cost this year to their partners who
don’t currently have access to these tools.
Axon Citizen for Officers allows officers to send community
members a personalized link via text message. Links can be sent
from Axon Evidence, or via the Axon Capture mobile app. This link
provides citizens the ability to upload their own digital evidence, like
a photo or video they’ve captured with their phone. This data can be
reviewed and managed by your agency in the secure Axon Evidence
platform.
When you respond to a scene, you should be able to collect
photos and videos from witnesses without worrying about
the chain of evidence. With Axon Citizen, you can invite
witnesses to securely send their media through the Axon
Capture mobile application or Evidence.com on your MDT.
Once collected, their submissions go straight into Evidence.
com and are immediately logged in the audit trail instead of
sitting on your camera roll or in your email.
About the offer
Any public safety or public health agency not already on the Axon
mobile platform who could benefit from using Axon Citizen for
Officers and Axon Citizen for Communities during their response
to the COVID-19 pandemic is eligible to receive free access to these
tools. This includes law enforcement agencies, Fire/EMS, hospitals
and other entities engaged in front-line efforts to reduce the spread
of the virus. The offer is open both to Axon customers not already
on the mobile platform and non-customers, and is available in any
country where Axon currently does business.
Getting started
For existing Axon customers with an Axon Evidence Basic
or Pro license, you already have access to Axon Citizen for
Officers. Setup instructions and video tutorials are available
on our Citizen Resources page. Agencies who have an
Axon Evidence Lite license, or who are not current Axon
customers, should complete the contact form on this page to
sign up. From there, a member of the Axon team will be in
touch to set up your access.
set up your access.
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