Case Study: St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office achieves consistent body-worn camera coverage and faster response times with Axon Respond (Axon)

Using Axon Respond for Automatic Camera Activation for Officers

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, a 750‑member agency in Florida, struggled with deputies forgetting to manually activate body‑worn cameras—missing critical early footage that affected court cases, investigations, records, and training. The agency had deployed Axon Body cameras (Body 3 in 2021 and Body 4 by 2024) but found reliance on manual activation insufficient to ensure consistent capture.

Axon addressed the problem with Axon Respond’s remote Camera Activation (supported by Axon Signal and Video Recall) to automatically start recordings when a badge is assigned to a dispatch or an officer approaches a call, plus Axon Auto‑Tagging for efficient processing. The result: remote activation now generates 30–35% of monthly camera activations, road patrol produces 63% of activations despite being 32% of users, Auto‑Tagging is 98% effective, and the department saw improved recording consistency, faster response times, and better supervisory visibility thanks to Axon.

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office

Deron Brown

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office