OFFICER's Top Tech Bracket Challenge: We Have a Winner
After four rounds, readers voted for their favorite piece of law enforcement equipment in OFFICER Magazine's inaugural Top Tech Bracket Challenge. Find out what gear came out victorious.
The Axon Body 3 body-worn camera is the winner in OFFICER Magazine's first-ever Top Tech Bracket Challenge.
This past month, OFFICER Magazine held its first-ever Top Tech Bracket Challenge. We chose the 16 most-popular products on our site to compete in the challenge, and they faced off over a four-week period. Readers voted for their favorite piece of equipment, with the winning gear advancing to the next round.
Here's a look at the Sweet 16 of law enforcement tech (numbers do not indicate seeding):
The final round came down to Axon's Body 3 body-worn camera and Streamlight Inc.'s TLR-8 A and the TLR-8 A G FLEX mounted lights. Voting lasted for a week, and readers chose the Axon Body 3 body-worn camera as the champ.
The Body 3 is designed to improve officer safety with real-time situational awareness. It's designed to survive the harshest conditions and features gunshot detection and the ability to upload critical evidence wirelessly without ever needing to dock the device. (Editor's note: While some of the products featured are previous models, the list was complied from the most visited product pages on Officer.com.)
Congratulations to Axon and all the companies whose products competed in our competition. And a special thanks to all the readers who participated. We couldn't have done it without you (well, we could, but it would've been pretty boring and not as much fun).
Be on the lookout for more OFFICER Magazine Bracket Challenges next year.
Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.
