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Warrensburg council approves 10‑year Axon contract for tasers, cameras and drone
Summary
The city council approved a 10‑year contract with Axon to supply tasers, dash and body cameras, interview‑room cameras, a drone and evidence storage. Council cited officer safety and integrated evidence workflows; the contract was described in the meeting packet as costing just under $240,000 per year.
The Warrensburg City Council on first and final reading authorized the city manager to enter a 10‑year agreement with Axon to provide tasers, dash cameras, body cameras, interview‑room cameras, an operational drone and digital evidence storage.
Chief Andrew Munsterman told the council the package would replace aging and refurbished equipment and centralize video and report workflows. “This will address our needs for new tasers… and the dash cams, body cams, we’re just looking at packaging altogether so we can actually budget for a 10‑year process,” Munsterman said. He said Axon’s systems synchronize multiple camera perspectives and can reduce officers’ administrative time by generating transcripts and assisting report writing.
Councilmembers asked about costs, drone licensing and system integration. Munsterman said the contract package in the materials is ‘‘just under $240,000 a year’’ and includes licensing and pilot support for the AxonAir drone; the city would train or designate four pilots and assign a lieutenant to oversee operations. He said the drone would be used for missing‑person searches, active investigations and incident assessment, not routine recreational flights.
The ordinance passed by recorded voice vote with all members present voting yes (Osborne; Latari; Jones; Euler). The chief said the package also covers warranties and replacement cycles and integrates evidence from body and dash cameras into a single evidence management workflow that staff expects to use at a proposed real‑time crime center.
Council directed staff to continue answering detail questions about integration with other city systems and to coordinate implementation steps with public safety training and budget planning. The council’s vote authorizes the city manager to finalize the contract consistent with the adopted ordinance.
