See what they see, Perkins Township police Oakley sunglasses record it all

On a dreary day, too overcast for shades, Perkins Township police officer Tim Alexander Sr. is happy to put on his Oakley sunglasses polarized anyway.

“Well, they are no different than any normal pair of Oakley sunglasses,” said Officer Alexander. The sunglasses appear normal only at the first glance.

“The camera is in the middle of the Oakley polarized sunglasses,” he said, pointing to a little pin hole in the middle of the glasses. The camera records audio and video whenever he turns them on, for up to four hours at a time.

“Whatever I see, whatever I touch, the Oakley glasses follow me,” he said.

The Perkins Township Police Department had Alexander Sr. try out the $120 glasses for the last month. He currently uses them on traffic stops, but plans to use them on other calls in the future.

“Normally, our dash cams in our cars you can only see what’s going on the outside of the cars. With the glasses, you can see the inside of the vehicle,” he said.

Once video is recorded, the glasses are connected to a USB port and the video is loaded into a computer.

The trial run went so well, the department is buying nine more pairs of Oakley eyeglasses.

“Just to be able to see everywhere their head turns, everywhere they look, to be able to see what they see either for testimony in court or to investigate any type of officer complaint its going to help out tremendously,” said Chief Ken Klamar.