Comment Re:Early Warning System (Score 1) 104
Need to know if there are any cops around for your illegal business? Don't worry, you can just setup a wifi scanner on your phone to alert you when a cop's camera comes within range! Effective at least a couple hundred meters and probably up to a km!
Government purchase contracts and decision-making has a poor reputation for a reason. This is just yet another example in a very long list.
What kind of wifi hardware are you using? I want some! Around here at least, you'd be lucky to get 50 meters of detectable signal. Realistically usable speeds at closer to 25.
I would bet that the radios in these bodycams are decidedly low power devices, and that means low range.