Anytime a police officer draws their weapon, it's likely to be a tense, confusing situation where split second decisions can be the difference between life and death. In an attempt to reduce some of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. yardarm-sensor-on-the-table.jpg The small Yardarm sensor fits into a Glock handgun and communicates via Bluetooth to an officer's ...

First dash cams came into police cruisers and now body cams on police officers are growing more popular. What's next? Guns connected to the internet. As more technology invades US police departments, ...

In a perfect world, we would have an impartial witness to every incident when a police officer draws and fires a weapon. Now we have the next-best thing. A newly introduced system, called Yardarm, ...

Since the grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, Brown’s family has urged their supporters to work to put cameras on police officers.

Jim Schaff of Yardarm shows off the sensor in place in the grip on a Glock 22 at a shooting range in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, September 10, 2015. The sensor can alert dispatchers when an officer ...

Yardarm Technologies announced field trials with two law enforcement agencies in the United States during IACP 2014. The company is deploying its innovative firearm telemetry platform with the Sheriff ...

Technology from startup Yardarm can tell 911 emergency responders if a police officer's gun has been fired. But Yardarm doesn't call it a "smart gun" -- that would court controversy. Dara Kerr was a ...