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US 2015/0176937 A1Published application
Evidence collecting and recording apparatus for a gun
OwnerKevin Michael Sullivan, Karl F. Milde, Jr. +1inventors
InventorsKEVIN MICHAEL SULLIVAN, KARL F. MILDE, JR., JASON C. MlLDE
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Abstract
A battery-powered electronic evidence-collecting device on the gun that transmits to a smartphone or other device carried by the peace officer for recording and forwarding the evidence to a central station. The evidence collecting and recording apparatus is activated by the removal of the gun from its holster.
Claims9
Evidence collecting and recording apparatus for collecting and preserving evidence of an event relating to the use of a gun, said evidence recording apparatus comprising, in combination:
- (a) a gun having a first source of electrical power and an electronic evidence collecting device, coupled to said first source of power, that comprises:
- (1) at least one sensor for sensing gun-related data;
- (2) a first digital logic device, coupled to said at least one sensor, for receiving and forwarding said gun-related data;
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- (3) a wireless transmitter (“T”) device, coupled to said
- first logic device, for transmitting said gun-related data received from said logic device;
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- (b) a portable device for use by a person authorised to carry said gun and having a having a second source of electrical power and an evidence recording device, coupled to the second scarce of power, that comprises:
- (1) a wireless receiver (“R”) device, for receiving said gun-related data from said first T device;
- (2) a wireless telephone device connectable to a telephone network for transmitting data to a central station via said network;
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- (3) a second digital logic device, coupled to said second T/R device and to said telephone device, for receiving and forwarding said gun-related data to said central station.
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