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County staff warn of added annual costs as Axon changes API access during Carpel rollout

Okanogan County Board of Commissioners
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Summary

County staff told commissioners that Axon has limited a promised API linking body-camera evidence to the county's new Carpel case-management system, prompting temporary leniency this year but raising the prospect of roughly $20,000–$23,000 in annual costs and operational changes.

County central services and prosecutor’s-office staff briefed commissioners on a technical and contractual problem tied to the county’s move from JustWork to Carpel case-management software: Axon, the vendor that hosts body-worn and in-car camera video, has altered how it offers programmatic access (APIs) and is shifting parts of its functionality to a paid module.

Karen Beatty, director of central services, summarized the issue: the county expected an interface so Carpel could ingest links to evidence rather than requiring full downloads, but “Axon said,…

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