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Watertown council approves $93,457 supplement to renew Axon contract for cameras, tasers and ALPRs
Summary
The Watertown City Council approved a 10-year bundled contract with Axon and a $93,457 budget supplement on July 7 to equip officers with body-worn cameras, fleet cameras, tasers and ALPR capability, and to pay for initial equipment and training.
The Watertown City Council on July 7 approved a contract renewal with Axon and a $93,457 budget supplement to begin a bundled 10-year program for body-worn cameras, fleet cameras, tasers and automatic license-plate readers (ALPRs).
Watertown Police Chief Toomey told the council the package consolidates multiple prior contracts into one program and includes equipment refreshes (body cameras every 2½ years; tasers every five years), installation and virtual-reality training. "Everything works together with Axon, your fleet camera, your body camera, your taser," Chief Toomey said, describing…
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