Investigation
AI writes the police report
2024Axon's Draft One generates police narratives from body-cam audio with an LLM. Civil-liberties groups warn it launders unreliable AI text into sworn legal records.
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Michael Garnreiter
Chairman of the Board
A longtime Axon director who serves as Chair of the Board. He is a veteran financial executive (former CFO of Main Street Restaurant Group and a longtime Arthur Andersen partner).
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Investigation
AI ethics board resigns over Taser drones
2022After Axon announced a Taser-equipped drone concept following mass shootings, a majority of its independent AI ethics board resigned in protest.
Investigation
Trump's account bought Axon stock before ICE's $220M Taser deal
2026A federal financial-disclosure filing revealed an account in Donald Trump's name bought $1–5 million of Axon stock on February 10, 2026 — about two weeks before ICE sought roughly 17,800 Tasers in a ~$220 million solicitation. Ethics watchdogs flagged the timing; the trade was in a discretionary account managed by others, and there is no allegation that Trump directed it or knew of the coming ICE deal.