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Council approves $4.03M five‑year Axon contract after debate over drones, LPRs and translation features
Summary
After hours of presentations and public questions about privacy, operator access and facial‑recognition safeguards, the Bristol City Council approved a five‑year bundled contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. for $4,030,952.09 by a 5–2 roll‑call vote. The package includes upgraded body and in‑car cameras, Taser 10 devices, 13 LPRs and multiple drones with associated software.
The Bristol City Council approved a five‑year, $4,030,952.09 contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. covering upgrades to body‑worn and in‑car cameras, interview‑room cameras, Taser 10 devices, 13 license‑plate readers, and a suite of drones and supporting software, after extended public discussion and technical briefings.
Deputy Chief Robert Osborne described the package as a consolidation of mandated and desired equipment that would be covered over a five‑year term and said the department expects the first year to be cost‑neutral. "The newer version of the body‑worn cameras that we're looking at with the Axon contract…
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