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Council refers Axon 10-year body‑camera, drone and AI proposal to committee after questions about AI and costs
Summary
Burleson officials heard an extensive Axon presentation on a proposed 10-year contract covering body-worn cameras, evidence storage, rooftop drones and AI features. Council expressed concerns about AI accuracy, evidence admissibility and long-term cost and instructed staff to pursue demos and committee review; no contract or appropriation was approved.
Council members spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing a vendor proposal from Axon to consolidate disparate public-safety technology contracts into a single 10‑year agreement that would lock pricing and include AI-assisted reporting, virtual‑reality training, rooftop autonomous drones and evidence-management integration.
Captain Randy Krum, the police-department presenter, summarized the offer and the operational benefits: streamlined evidence storage in evidence.com, potential early-adopter pricing on AI modules, three Skydio X10 rooftop drones and a D‑Drone radar/deconfliction…
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