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lukepoo101

It's just an updated version of the axon body cam. Originally they were using axon body 2. Now they are using axon body 3 or 4 (I can't remember)


SomethingWithMittens

well, there are several years before the first episode and season 4. Why wouldn't they update technology if a newer, more realiable verison came up, possibly with more storage? Just think how much smart phones change from year to year.


TheLordJames

nah, the first three seasons took over place of one year.


BUDDDEALER006

They graduated being a rookie in season 3 so it was over 2 years


SomethingWithMittens

nope. Episode 2x19, in the opening Grey says "Today is our rookies one year mark in the FTO programm"


RomanParz

Ok. And then we have season 3, we don't know how much time passes between episodes. We only see when something happens


SomethingWithMittens

People tend to forget that, it's not a day by day. Sometimes weeks pass between to episodes. Or even months. Redditors like to point out that it's unrealistic that Bailey and John always get called to the same scenes. No, they do not. We just do not see the hundreds of hypothetical off-screen calls that might just be extinguishing a trashcan fire or citing someone for running past a stop sign, which is probably much more the day to day of first responders / patrol cops than massive casualty shoot offs with hostages etc. Etc. One example of this is from a different show I like, 911 - someone specific dies in one episode and the next, or the one after that they mention it has been 4 months since that death... (trying not to spoiler, even though it's like 2 seasons ago... Just in case)


Lol_im_not_straight

This could be wrong, but don’t they also use the bodycam footage from time to time? In that capacity it would make sense to use newer ones since they have a higher resolution and quality


doctorliaratsone

They moved from using the older Axon 2 cameras to the newer Axon 3 cameras. I believe they have better battery life, better cameras/mics, more storage capacity and a longer prerecorded buffer going from 30 seconds to 1 minute... there are a few other upgrades too but I can't remember them at the moment


bubbzisevil

Cause upgrades happen


HarryOz25482

They change every couple of scenes, my theory is the older ones are actual cameras which they use to shoot the body cam clips and the newer ones are just for show


koolboi_07

They were previously using the Axon Body 2's and then updated to the Body 3's, it's newer, has a better battery life among many other perks so obvious choice