Patent ID: 6995668

Claim:
A distributed communications system for use with security applications, comprising: a plurality of wearable, computerized components adapted to collect evidentiary information according to security procedures and useful for identification of suspects, and adapted to wirelessly send the evidentiary information; a centralized component wirelessly receiving the evidentiary information, wherein said centralized component is adapted to process the evidentiary information to identify suspects; and a plurality of imaging devices positioned to capture visual information in regions proximate to security personnel possessing said wearable, computerized components, said plurality of imaging devices operable to wirelessly send captured visual information to said centralized component, said centralized component being operable to dispatch assistance to an endangered officer and communicate visual information captured in proximity to the endangered officer to assisting personnel dispatched as part of the assistance, wherein said centralized component communicates the captured visual information to the assisting personnel via one or more of said wearable, computerized components possessed by the assisting personnel.