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Springfield police to adopt Axon suite, graduate largest recent recruit class and reiterate ordinance on immigration assistance
Summary
Deputy Chief King described a planned transition to Axon body-worn cameras and a bundled software suite, a 46-recruit academy graduation May 1, expanded beat and community walking details, an enforcement approach to dirt bikes, and a reissuance of the city's ordinance limiting inquiries about immigration status.
Deputy Chief King told the Springfield City Public Safety Committee the police department will transition to a bundled Axon system of body-worn cameras, tasers and accompanying software modules that the department expects to enable new forms for use-of-force reporting, internal-investigation tracking, early-intervention tools and third-party video submission.
"We're gonna be switching over, from 1 type of body worn camera to a new, new vendor... That company's name is Axon," Deputy Chief King said, adding the purchase bundles cameras, tasers and a suite of apps for citizen reporting and internal forms.
King described features that will be phased in over months: barcode scans that witnesses can use on-scene to upload information, integration with drone footage,…
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