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SFPD body‑camera pilot: 50 cameras planned, department warns multi‑year storage and staffing costs
Summary
The SFPD outlined a pilot to issue 50 Taser Axon body cameras, citing a $679 hardware price per unit and multi‑year storage and personnel costs estimated at roughly $1.1 million over four years. Command staff emphasized privacy, retention and PRA staffing as major implementation challenges.
The San Francisco Police Department told the Police Commission on Jan. 14 that its proposed body‑camera pilot would issue 50 Taser Axon units to plain‑clothes supervisors for searches and entries and is currently funded in part by a Department of Justice COPS grant. Commander Robert Moser said the camera hardware costs $679 per unit and that the pilot requires additional accessories, an evidence management platform and substantial data‑storage and personnel support.
"The cameras are the Taser Axon body cameras... the camera itself costs $679 per unit," Commander Moser said while outlining the pilot's technical…
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