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Cass County commissioners approve first phase of state’s attorney digital evidence system
Summary
The Cass County Board of Commissioners authorized purchase of Axon Justice and funded year‑one implementation costs from the asset‑forfeiture fund to create a centralized digital evidence management system; the board authorized only phase one and will review subsequent phases later.
The Cass County Board of Commissioners on June 2 authorized the first phase of a three‑phase digital modernization plan for the state's attorney’s office, approving purchase and implementation of Axon Justice for digital evidence management.
The board voted to authorize phase one—digital evidence management software—after a presentation explaining that current processes for handling digital evidence are inconsistent and time‑consuming. The county plans to pay initial year‑one costs from the asset‑forfeiture fund, officials said, and to return to the board for approval of later phases.
County presenter Bobby described the problem: “Having a methodology to ingest all of this data, classify it, organize it, and be able to distribute it safely, securely, and orderly is a critical function that is currently missing in our state's attorney's office.” He said digital evidence comes in many formats and that staff now manually copy and burn discs or prepare flash drives, a process he called error prone and staff intensive.
The plan the…
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