A wireless data acquisition and recording (DAR) system includes
acquisition circuitry including a video camera and/or a microphone
carried by an operator for capturing video and audio events viewed and/or
heard by the operator. A wireless transmitter wirelessly transmits
digital signals containing the video events captured by the video camera
and the audio events detected by the microphone. A data display and
report submission (DD) device receives the wirelessly transmitted digital
data captured by the acquisition circuitry and stores the data as media
files. The DAR system can also authenticate date, time, and location of
the captured video and audio events. The DAR system can also encode the
recorded events for authentication purposes and can scramble the data to
prevent use by unauthorized persons.