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Medford Council Approves 10-Year Consolidated Contract with Axon for Cameras, Tasers and Training
Summary
The council approved a 10-year consolidated contract with Axon Enterprise to provide body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, interview-room systems, virtual-reality training and cloud storage; staff said the first-year cost fits current budget and the package reflects negotiated discounts.
Medford City Council approved a 10-year consolidated equipment and services agreement with Axon Enterprise Inc. intended to standardize body-worn cameras, in‑car fleet cameras, interview-room systems, tasers and virtual-reality training across the Medford Police Department.
Deputy Chief Trevor Arnold told council the contract bundles seven existing Axon agreements into a single 10-year package that includes equipment refreshes and unlimited cloud storage for digital video evidence. "Since we first started our body cam program with Axon back in 2016 it's been a game changer for both our investigations and our transparency," Arnold said, describing the system as helpful for investigations and complaint resolution.
Arnold said the consolidated approach increases in‑car cameras from 35 to 45 units so additional units can be placed in livability-team and school-resource vehicles, expands body cameras to all sworn personnel and community service officers, replaces interview-room systems so they feed into the same evidence platform, and provides a virtual-reality training system to support scenario-based de‑escalation training.
On finances, Arnold and staff described a multi‑stage discounting and bundling process. The agenda packet lists a contract amount of $7,452,375.31. Arnold said Axon had shown higher comparative standalone pricing (roughly $11.2 million spread over 10 years) and that negotiated bundling and other discounts brought the package down into the range noted in the packet. Councilors pressed staff on whether equipment is leased or owned; Arnold characterized devices as effectively owned but refreshed on a replacement/refresh process tied to the contract and said overnight replacements are provided through Axon customer service when equipment fails.
Councilors also asked about budget timing. Staff said the first year of the contract is within the current biennium's budget (roughly $500,000, consistent with current Axon expenditures) and that increases would be requested in future biennia as the contract pricing escalates after year one.
Motion: "I move to approve council bill 2025-93." Roll call recorded six yes votes; the motion passed.
The contract next steps are finalizing the executed agreement and implementing equipment rollouts and training according to the timeline the police department provides.
