Apparatus for recording video and audio, namely, cameras and digital recorders; apparatus for recharging in situ an internal battery of a camera or digital recorder, namely, docking stations; recorded media in the nature of digital video, digital picture, and digital audio file formats for download via the Internet having recorded video, audio, and photographic evidence in the field of public safety; clips for a camera assembly for attaching a video and audio recording apparatus to clothing, eyeglasses, or helmets; computer hardware for communication between multiple computers and between computers and local and global computer networks used in the field of public safety; radios, radio transmitters, and receivers; network communication apparatus, namely, mobile and wearable video and audio recorders for the sending of audio, image, and video files across networks; global positioning system devices, namely, mobile and wearable video and audio recorders equipped with beacon communicators for finding and reporting the location of the video and audio recorder; global positioning and communication devices, navigational and vehicle monitoring equipment, namely, radio, navigational and global positioning system transponders and receivers; computer software for the transmission of data, images, audio, and video by wireless communication networks and the internet for use with mobile and wearable video and audio recorders used in the field of public safety; computer application software, namely, an application for use with mobile and wearable video and audio recorders for inputting storing, processing and outputting information related to recorded audio and video, the location of the client-side computer, and information from other video recording devices used in the field of public safety; and computer hardware and software systems for integrating and controlling various communications and weapons systems