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Council authorizes re-award of real-time crime center contract to Axon for SPD platform
Summary
The council authorized the city manager to rescind a prior award and re-award a real-time crime center public safety platform to Axon Enterprises (following corporate changes) in a contract not to exceed $150,000 to unify police data and expand camera integrations.
The Savannah City Council authorized the city manager to rescind a previous award to FUSIS Corporation and re-award the city's real-time crime center public safety platform to Axon Enterprises Inc., in a contract not to exceed $150,000.
Council members said the change followed a corporate acquisition and will integrate technologies the Savannah Police Department (SPD) already uses. Alderman Dietrich Leggett praised the move as a tool to support officers and improve situational awareness; he said the platform helped produce recent arrests and allows live camera feeds from registered private cameras to assist police.
City officials said the platform will unify SPD data, expand the camera system and support public-private partnerships. They described capabilities that include mapping officer locations, integrating body and vehicle camera feeds, and enabling command staff to deploy patrols to specific locations more effectively. Officials urged residents and business owners to register cameras through the SPD mobile app to assist investigations.
The city manager's office said this will be the first use of the upgraded real-time crime center capabilities for a large event this season, and reiterated that the award reflects a change in corporate ownership rather than a new vendor selection.
Council approved the authorization by voice vote; no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
