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Billings police make case for roughly $3M Axon contract to modernize cameras, evidence management and tasers
Summary
Police presenters told the council their body‑worn camera and digital evidence systems are aging and manual; they recommended a cooperative purchase of Axon hardware and Evidence.com software (about $3 million over five years), with ERP funds covering early years and staff seeking grant support for initial costs.
Police command staff described substantial technology and workflow gaps in the department's current evidence and camera systems and recommended a cooperative purchasing agreement with Axon Enterprise for an integrated hardware and cloud software package.
An unnamed captain who led the presentation said the department's current body cameras have limited battery life and syncing problems, the digital evidence management pipeline is manual and time‑intensive, and staff spend significant hours recovering or preparing media for investigators and prosecutors. "We're spending roughly 385,000 a year in the system that we have that isn't working for us," the captain said during the presentation.
Staff presented Axon's package as an all‑inclusive model that would provide updated body‑worn cameras (30‑month refresh cadence), in‑car…
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