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Jefferson County approves $17,500 transfer to buy RFID inmate-scanning system for jail
Summary
Commissioners approved a $17,500 transfer from an Axon contract line to purchase an RFID inmate-scanning system intended to log inmate contacts, location and staff checks.
Jefferson County commissioners unanimously approved a $17,500 transfer on a motion to buy an RFID inmate-scanning system for the county jail, officials said at the meeting.
The system will replace part of the county's Axon contract and provide wristbands and wall- or doorway-mounted RFID chips that deputies can scan with a handheld device. Sheriff Flint described the system's recordkeeping and accountability features in detail: “So when they go to court, when they go to medical, when they go to church, when they go to any activity, we can scan them in, scan them out … and that cuts down on liability…
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