ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,027, issued on June 17, was assigned to AXON ENTERPRISE INC. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for cooperation between cameras and conducted electrical weapons" was invented by Todd Basche (Los Altos, Calif.), Tyler Conant (Seattle), Gabriel Othman (Seattle) and Nache Shekarri (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Police officers use conducted electrical weapons ("CEWs") and cameras. A camera and a CEW may cooperate to improve the performance and use of the CEW and evidence collection by the camera. A camera and a CEW may also cooperate to improve the safety of the user and the target. Improvements may include imp...