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Finance committee approves five-year extension with Axon Enterprise for police body cameras, tasers
Summary
The Green Bay Finance Committee approved a proposed five-year contract extension with Axon Enterprise Inc. to continue the city’s police body-worn camera and electronic control device program, increasing projected costs and adding optional services the city says could offset some new expenses.
The Green Bay Finance Committee on Jan. 14 approved a proposed five-year extension with Axon Enterprise Inc. to continue the city’s police body-worn camera and electronic-control-device (taser) program, a contract staff said would cover calendar years 2026–2030 and carry a total listed cost of $4,125,000.
Committee members said the contract’s price is higher than the current annual payment and pressed staff on what the city would get for the increased cost and whether the package could produce savings elsewhere in the budget.
Police staff and procurement staff told the committee that the increase stems partly from a vendor price rise and partly from adding optional features. "The costs are going up for two reasons: one is that just the costs are going up because they charge more for the service that we use. The other is that we're adding some things that they can give us where we think we can offset a little bit of the…
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