Digital In-Car Video Systems (DICVS) are camera and microphone recording systems inside a police vehicle. It typically includes cameras focused on the interior and exterior of the car; plate-scanning technology (like Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs)); and the capacity to upload videos to a database for storage. It may also include such AI technology as object recognition and Facial recognition, and more recent technology systems often include the ability to send alerts and live stream video to another location.
Data gathered includes license plate data and video from inside or around the car. Cameras point towards the backseat but also out from the dashboard, to record what is going on in front of and next to the police car.
Four video displays are in a square with a control panel to the right, modeling an Axon Fleet Dashboard. The top two video displays show feedback from a camera facing to the front of a police car, with one display zoomed 3x and Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) technology activated. The bottom left video display shows the empty backseat of a police car. The bottom right video display shows an option to record from what appears to be a ‣camera. Image source: axon.com