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Junction City council reviews proposed five-year Axon contract to update police cameras and tasers
Summary
At a April 22 work session the Junction City City Council discussed a proposed five-year contract with Axon to provide body-worn cameras, replace in-car cameras, centralize evidence storage and refresh tasers; staff said the contract is not yet in the budget and will be brought to the main meeting for approval after further planning.
At its April 22 work session, the Junction City City Council reviewed a proposed five-year contract with Axon that would supply body-worn cameras, replace in-car camera systems and centralize data storage for the police department.
Chief Whitehall told the council the contract has been under negotiation for almost a year and the current draft removes items the department won’t use. He said the agreement would move the department to an Officer Safety Plan (OSP) 7 arrangement and would consolidate two different in-car video systems into a single cloud storage solution to aid prosecutions and complaint investigations. “I think this is the most fiscally responsible contract that I was able to come up…
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