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Cathedral City police outline plan to buy 60 Axon body cameras, integrate evidence platform
Summary
Police staff presented a plan Aug. 15 to switch the department's body-worn cameras to Axon, purchase 60 body cameras and integrate video, in-car cameras and evidence.com for streamlined case submission; vehicle cameras would be purchased as patrol vehicles are replaced.
Cathedral City police officials on Aug. 15 presented a proposal to transition the department's body-worn cameras to Axon equipment and to use Axon's evidence management platform.
Commander Enos said the department plans to purchase 60 Axon Body 4 cameras as part of a larger effort to standardize in-car and body-worn systems and to speed evidence submission to the district attorney. "The review of that video could be handled by one login and they come up simultaneously," Enos said, describing how body-worn and in-car footage would be synced in the Axon system.
Enos told the council the department's existing cameras include older GoPro units and newer Intrinsic X2 devices; the WatchGuard in-car system used in patrol vehicles is no longer manufactured. He said the county district attorney's office and several agencies are using evidence.com, and that Indio police demonstrated faster case processing (a reported reduction from roughly 25 minutes per case to about 7 minutes) when using the Axon cloud workflow.
Axon features discussed included longer battery life, 160-degree field of view, wireless uploads without mandatory docking, automatic activation triggers (for example, gunshot detection or vehicle emergency lights) and on-demand live-view capability. Enos said Axon also offers more robust redaction tools for sensitive situations and the ability to mute audio or blur faces during evidence preparation.
The department said 60 body-worn cameras would be purchased under the proposed contract. In-car Axon systems (Axon Fleet 3) would be acquired as patrol vehicles are replaced; the department will not replace all in-car systems immediately but will transition vehicle cameras on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis. Enos said Axon offers effectively unlimited cloud storage; the city currently manages retention to limit storage costs under the existing provider.
The presentation was informational; the council did not take immediate action on a purchase contract during the study session.
