Abstract: The system includes a receiver/recorder/transmitter carried by the officer which can be activated by a manual switch or a sensor switch associated with the weapon holster and weapon to record and transmit a signal indicating removal of the weapon from the holster and record and transmit all audible sounds, conversations and the like that occur in the vicinity of the officer. The information that is received by the receiver/recorder/transmitter carried by the officer is transmitted to a receiver/recorder/transmitter in the officer's patrol car which receives the information from the transmitter carried by the officer, records and transmits it with a longer range signal to a dispatch station.