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Franklin County approves Motorola body‑camera contract after sheriff warns current vendor failing
Summary
After officials described repeated failures and lack of vendor support from the county’s current body‑camera supplier, Franklin County fiscal court approved a five‑year contract with Motorola Solutions to replace officers’ body and dash cameras and cloud storage.
Franklin County fiscal court voted Feb. 26 to approve a five‑year agreement with Motorola Solutions to replace the sheriff’s office body and dash camera system.
The move follows months of problems with the county’s existing vendor, Digital Ally, which county deputies said stopped responding to requests for parts and service. “We have 38 body cameras and extras; we are down to zero spare cameras,” Lt. Logan Curry told the court, saying the sheriff’s office could face officers working without cameras if the vendor stops serving the county. Chief Deputy Dwayne Depp said if the vendor shut down today, “all of our footage…would be lost.”
Motorola rep Kevin Glover told the court the company has worked with several Kentucky agencies and that his team is…
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