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Council approves five-year body camera and taser package amid procurement questions
Summary
The council approved a $146,335.87 five-year package of body cameras, tasers and storage from Accent/Axon after the police chief described urgent replacement needs and escalating storage use; one councilmember voted no while others cited operational urgency and plans to review procurement rules.
The council approved a five-year quote of $146,335.87 from Accent Enterprises (bundled Axon package) to replace aging tasers and body cameras and to expand storage and training capacity. The Police Chief explained the urgency: several tasers are no longer under warranty and may fail when needed, and the department’s body-camera storage has grown from a permitted 700GB to more than 8.4TB.
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