Prosecutor's office budgets $35,000-a-year Axon software; council members flag jump from law-book line

The prosecutor’s office told county officials it has incorporated a new software subscription from Axon — the company that manages body-camera evidence and digital case material — into its 2026 budget at roughly $35,000 a year. Prosecutor Mark McCann said the office adopted the Axon-hosted platform to centralize police body-camera footage, reports and discovery materials, and to give defense attorneys secure access links for court-ordered discovery. "Instead of copies or thumb drives or emails, they just access that," McCann told the council. He said the software alerts the office and defense counsel when new files are uploaded and provides usage logs of who accessed material. McCann said the Axon line was placed under code 47-240 in the prosecutor's submitted budget, historically…