Cop Cam Cos. Up On Miami Beach Pact; New Accessory Launch

Digital Ally Inc.

gained nearly 7 percent Thursday after it launched an accessory to its body camera. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/digital-ally-introduce-bullet-camera-option-firstvu-hd-body-camera-system-iacp-conference-nasdaq-dgly-1946260.htm Separately, Taser International Inc.

ticked 1 percent higher Thursday after elected officials in Miami Beach, Fla., approved $3 million to buy the company's body mounted cameras. CBS Miami said Miami Beach police will receive the initial 50 to 60 cameras. Parking, code, fire and building departments will each receive five cameras in a roll-out of up to two years, according to the report. http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/09/10/mb-city-manager-pushing-for-employees-to-wear-cameras/ Digital Ally on Thursday launched a "bullet camera" accessory for its body mounted cameras that adds an eyeglass-mounting option. Taser shares are up more than 46 percent and Digital nearly 500 percent in the past month, driven by civil unrest that broke out August 9 in Ferguson, Missouri, with the police shooting of civilian Michael Brown in an incident that police did not record. Taser got a bump last week when the New York City said it would start testing one of Taser's products for use by police. Digital traded recently at $23.32, up $1.09 while Taser was up $0.29 cents to $18.02 a share.