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Park City Council approves $224,616 video-camera contract for police
Summary
The Park City Council approved a five-year, $224,616 contract to buy 15 in-vehicle cameras and 23 body-worn cameras plus cloud storage, and authorized $10,500 for installations, to be paid from police funds.
The Park City Council on May 13 approved a five-year contract with Getac for $224,616 to purchase 15 in-vehicle cameras, 23 body-worn cameras, five years of cloud storage, software and related services for the Park City Police Department, and separately authorized $10,500 to install the in-vehicle systems.
The measure, moved by Jim Schrader and seconded by Troy Hill, passed on a voice vote, 6-0. The equipment and storage will be paid from the special alcohol police fund; installation costs will be paid from the police general fund budget.
Chief Phil, Park City’s police chief, told the council the department tested options from three vendors and recommended staying with Getac because it would avoid data-conversion problems with the department’s existing archive. “By remaining with Getac, there would be no expected problems with data conversion for the large quantity of existing video that we have,” Chief Phil said. He also noted Getac offered to prorate warranties that do not expire until February 2026.
Chief Phil said staff solicited bids from EyePro (formerly Panasonic) and Axon; EyePro quoted $201,512 and Axon quoted about $233,028. He said EyePro’s quote assumed on-premises storage and would require additional server purchases and data conversion, while Axon could not guarantee full metadata transfer from the current vendor.
Councilmember Jim Schrader said the budget had included cloud-storage renewal but not full equipment replacement and asked whether funds were available. City staff said the special alcohol police fund had sufficient balance to cover the purchase. Councilmember Schrader also asked about national-security concerns discussed at a recent state meeting; Chief Phil said Getac’s equipment is manufactured in Taiwan and the vendor did not present a national-security risk.
The contract also includes a five-year warranty. Superior Emergency Response Vehicles of Andover will perform the vehicle installations for $700 per vehicle, a total of $10,500. Councilmember Charlie Davidson and others asked about mounting options and automatic-trigger features; Chief Phil said the quoted package includes standard mounts and that the system can be configured to auto-activate on lights and sirens, while automatic activation on weapon-draw was available as an extra option not included in the current quote.
Action on the contract was taken by formal motion. Jim Schrader made the motion to approve the contract with Getac and the installation contract; Troy Hill seconded. The motion passed, 6-0.
The council did not discuss specific timelines for rollout beyond warranty/proration details and the vendor’s tariff-related pricing window noted by staff.
