Dane County sheriff seeks $3 million to expand body‑worn camera program
The Dane County Sheriff's Office asked the Public Protection & Judiciary committee to approve roughly $3 million in the executive's capital budget to expand a two‑year pilot of 32 Axon body cameras to about 200 devices across precincts, and outlined required policies, training and a public communications plan.
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The Dane County Sheriff's Office asked the county committee to approve about $3,000,000 in capital funding the county executive placed in the proposed budget to expand a pilot body‑worn camera program into a countywide deployment. Sheriff (title used in transcript) said the department's West Precinct pilot used 32 Axon cameras and that the new funding would allow deployment to patrol, mental‑health deputies, booking deputies and other public‑facing personnel across precincts.
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