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Council debates switching police dash‑cam storage to cloud as budget amendment proceeds
Summary
City IT and police staff described a proposal to move police dash‑cam video from aging on‑premise servers to a cloud 'video as a service' subscription; the council discussed cost, storage limits, and operational benefits while considering amendment 26 to the FY26 budget.
Wasilla IT manager Steve Stewart and police staff described a proposal to move police dash‑cam video storage from an aging, on‑premises server to a vendor cloud service during a May 27 committee‑of‑the‑whole discussion.
Stewart said the current hardware server is five to six years old, has required repeated storage increases and is out of warranty and support. A cloud subscription would provide camera warranties, automatic off‑car uploads, easier…
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