Tactical A/V

EHS Changes Name to VIDMIC, Names New CEO

VIDMIC, a global provider of officer-worn video, radio accessories and digital file management software, today announced the appointment of board member Todd Haynes as Chief Executive Officer. The company also changed its name from EHS (Earhugger Safety) to VIDMIC, Inc.

“Taking the reins of an industry-leading company is an exciting prospect,” said Todd Haynes, CEO of VIDMIC. “We are building on the company’s legacy of success and innovation and are also introducing a number of programs that will enhance customer service and enable our innovative solutions to be deployed to the field on a large scale, but with individual attention.”

Haynes has been an entrepreneur and IT professional for the last 15 years. He previously was CEO of NetPoint LLC, an IT consulting company, ISP and co-location facility. After selling Netpoint in 2001 he became CEO of Intermountain IT. Haynes’ background as a Cisco security professional enabled Intermountain IT to specialize in bank and medical records security, HIPAA and GBL compliance and IT consulting. After consulting with EHS, Inc. and offering his expertise as a member of the board of directors he was named CEO of EHS in January 2011.

VIDMIC was founded in 2001 and was the first company in the United States to bring to market an officer-worn video system. With thousands of units used by first responders, patrolmen, soldiers and others in the field, it continues to lead the industry today.

The company has also initiated a new channel partner program to provide better local customer support for VIDMIC clients. VIDMIC will launch a certification program to ensure its channel partners will be able to provide a broad depth of service for clients.

The VIDMIC product line is segmented into three main categories:

• VIDMIC – The award-winning, officer-worn video camera located in an officer’s shoulder microphone. The VIDMIC body-worn video system does not add any additional equipment to the uniform.
• VidVault – The advanced file management software which protects the chain of custody of evidence with multiple safeguards such as embedded date and time stamp, serial number recognition, coded entries, supervisor’s audit trail and other features to maintain admissibility in court.
• Ear Hugger – The company’s line of popular headphones, two-way communications headsets and shoulder microphones

Mark Freatman dba Tactical Audio/Video and VidMic

Vidmic

Video evidence is currently being collected by many police departments via in-car video recorders. Video has been shown to increase the likelihood of successful prosecution while protecting officers and agencies from false allegations and frivolous law suits. At the same time, video enhances officer safety, training, performance, and professionalism. But in-car video can’t go with the officer up to the door, inside the apartment, into the backyard, or down a narrow alley. It can’t prove the officer had permission to search a house, did, in fact, Mirandize a suspect, and did not make sexually inappropriate advances. The VIDMIC can. While some question the “Big Brother” aspects of such pervasive police surveillance, most citizen’s see the benefits to police work as outweighing any privacy issues. The VIDMIC was recognized as the most innovative communications product of 2007 at the annual International Chiefs of Police convention. The VIDMIC was also awarded the Global Sources Electronics Design Award presented at the 2007 China Electronics Fair; one of the world’s largest electronics trade shows. American Cops Turned Into Walking Cameras by Dynamic New Technology. It looks like the shoulder mic most police already wear, but a hidden camera captures crime as it happens. Spanish Fork, Utah – Dec 2, 2008– Across the country 400 departments have purchased and 100 more are testing a new, award winning law enforcement technology called the VIDMIC. Being sold nationwide by a Utah based company, EHS, Inc., the VIDMIC is a fully operational shoulder mic which houses a color digital video recorder, still photo camera, and digital audio recorder. The high-tech data acquisition system goes everywhere the police officer wearing it goes and records important information at anytime. The revolutionary device provides an eye witness to every event an officer is involved in; an eye witness whose testimony is absolutely reliable. Video evidence is currently being collected by many police departments via in-car video recorders. Video has been shown to increase the likelihood of successful prosecution while protecting officers and agencies from false allegations and frivolous law suits. At the same time, video enhances officer safety, training, performance, and professionalism. But in-car video can’t go with the officer up to the door, inside the apartment, into the backyard, or down a narrow alley. It can’t prove the officer had permission to search a house, did, in fact, Mirandize a suspect, and did not make sexually inappropriate advances. The VIDMIC can. While some question the “Big Brother” aspects of such pervasive police surveillance, most citizen’s see the benefits to police work as outweighing any privacy issues. The VIDMIC was recognized as the most innovative communications product of 2007 at the annual International Chiefs of Police convention. The VIDMIC was also awarded the Global Sources Electronics Design Award presented at the 2007 China Electronics Fair; one of the world’s largest electronics trade shows.

Mark Freatman dba Tactical Audio/Video and VidMic

New Crime Fighting Tool Turns Cops into Video Cameras

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It looks like a common police radio but a hidden camera captures crime as it happens.

Spanish Fork, UT– September 26, 2007– EHS, Inc., a Utah based law enforcement equipment company, has announced the arrival of its newest product, the VIDMIC.  The VIDMIC is a revolutionary data acquisition system which goes everywhere the officer goes and records important information at anytime.  A full color digital video recorder, still photo camera, and digital audio recorder are all housed in a fully functioning shoulder mic.  Because officers already use shoulder mics, there is no need for them to add additional equipment to their already overburden utility belts in order to have video and audio recording capabilities.

The contributions of video technologies to successful police work are well documented.  In-car video has been shown to reduce frivolous law suits and increase the likelihood of successful prosecution.  At the same time, video enhances officer safety, training, performance, and professionalism.   Video reduces time spent writing reports and protects officers from false allegations.

But in-car video can’t go with the officer up to the door, inside the apartment, down the narrow alley, or into the backyard.  It can’t prove the officer had permission to search a house, had probable cause to do a sobriety test, and did, in fact, Mirandize a suspect.  For all the outstanding advantages of in-car video, the VIDMIC will provide even greater, far reaching benefits for officers and police work.

VidMic in Laredo

UISD Police Department Receives Vidmic Donation from Sheriff Martin Cuellar

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Courtesy Maru De La Paz,

Laredo, Texas – On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, The Webb County Sheriff’s Office donated twenty (20) Video – microphones, which are police microphones with the ability to take pictures as well as digitally record video and audio, to theUnited Independent School District (UISD) Police Department.  The donation of the vidmics was paid through the Webb County Sheriff’s Office forfeiture funds, which is money confiscated by Webb County Sheriff’s Office deputies from their successful disruption of the illegal sale of illicit drugs.  This donation represents yet another preventive safety tool in the arsenal of policing equipment for the United Independent School District Police Department.  During recent decades, the use of video evidence collected by in-car video recorders has enhanced officer safety, training, performance, and professionalism.  However, most school district officers spend most of their time away from their cars’ video recorders and in the hallways of their assigned schools. The donated vidmics will allow the UISD officers to take this important police tool wherever they go.  In dealing with minors, the United Independent School District Police Department must utilize extreme caution and the vidmics will allow officers to record and document situations as evidence for school records and court cases.  Furthermore, the video will allow for school authorities to better identify participants in school incidents such as fights.

Sheriff Martin Cuellar is glad to be assisting a partneringlaw enforcement agency, stating that, “The Webb County Sheriff’s Office recognizes the particular challenges that UISD peace officers face daily in their special duties to protect the students, teachers, and other professionals on the campuses of their school district.  They are tasked with a very special mission ensuring the safety of our youth.  With these vidmics, the officers will possess another police surveillance tool to enhance their ability to 

Realtor Search

5 Major Tips for Finding the Perfect Realtor

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