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Hagerstown police pitch $11M Axon rewrite to modernize records, body‑cams, translation and drone response

Mayor and City Council of Hagerstown · December 3, 2025
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Summary

Police leaders proposed a 10‑year Axon contract rewrite to lock pricing, add a records management system (RMS), automated body‑camera auditing, translation, new taser models and a drone‑as‑first‑responder capability; staff estimated roughly $11.0M over 10 years and seek grant support to offset the year‑3 RMS costs.

Police command and staff presented a request to negotiate a 10‑year contract with Axon that would lock current prices and build out a set of integrated technologies: a modern records management system (RMS), body‑camera translation features, updated taser hardware, automated body‑cam auditing and a FUSIS dashboard to aggregate city cameras, third‑party feeds and drone support.

Sergeant Plummer and Nick Varner demonstrated features the department said would…

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