Board approves $76,550 appropriation for sheriff’s camera system and cloud storage
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Summary
Westmoreland supervisors approved a $76,550 appropriation to migrate sheriff's in-car and body-worn camera data to cloud storage (year 1 cost), citing exhausted local storage (reported ~26 TB), one-time migration costs and an estimated ongoing annual cost of about $50,250.
The Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors approved an appropriation request from the sheriff’s office to upgrade body-worn and in-car camera infrastructure and migrate video storage to the cloud.
A Sheriff’s Office representative told the board the county has exhausted local video storage (the presentation cited approximately 26 terabytes stored) and that the on-site software reached its end of life. The office said new cameras would not work with the old software and that a cloud-hosted solution would allow ongoing updates and unlimited storage expansion.
IT director Mr. Cabell presented figures for the request: a year-one total of $76,550 that includes one-time local equipment and migration costs of $26,300 and an estimated ongoing annual expense of about $50,250 under the VIDA contract referenced by staff. Board members asked whether funds would come from contingency and whether the annual cost would appear in the next fiscal budget; staff said the purchase would come from contingency and that planners would account for ongoing costs in the next budget cycle.
Board members moved and seconded the purchase under contract authorization and approved the appropriation by roll-call vote. The board also acknowledged short-term equipment loans from neighboring departments that have been keeping operations running while the county awaits the upgrade.
The sheriff’s office also used the time to request support for the donation-funded Shop with the Sheriff holiday program; it reported last year’s spending at roughly $12,000 for about 30 children and asked the community to donate cash or checks routed through the treasurer’s office.
No opposition to the camera appropriation was recorded during the meeting; the board emphasized contingency funding would be used and said it will plan for the recurring cost during the next budget cycle.
