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Davis County approves emergency Axon contract to restore evidence portal after vendor failure
Summary
The commission approved a five-year contract with Axon (evidence.com) to replace a vendor that disrupted evidence uploads, restoring discovery flow for criminal and civil cases and adding features such as unlimited storage, transcription and redaction; commissioners approved the emergency purchase by voice vote.
Davis County commissioners voted May 5 to approve an emergency contract with Axon (evidence.com) after a vendor failure disrupted the county's ability to receive, manage and deliver electronic evidence to defense counsel.
Troy Rollins of the county attorney's office told the commission the county's evidence system had been "on life support" after its prior vendor was acquired by a California company and support lapsed, leaving prosecutors, investigators and courts unable to upload and process large files. "When that blood stops flowing through the body and you're on life support," Rollins said, "that's where we were at." He said the breakdown created the…
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