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Elkhart City Board approves Axon software contract, adopts revised police policy manual and enrolls in CALEA program
Summary
The Elkhart City Board of Public Safety on April 14 authorized up to $65,000 for an Axon standards software agreement, approved a roughly 595‑page police policy manual and approved enrollment and subscription agreements to pursue accreditation through CALEA; officials said some subscription costs were not specified during the meeting.
The Elkhart City Board of Public Safety on April 14 approved a package of police department items that includes authorization for an Axon standards software agreement, adoption of a revised police policy manual and enrollment in an external accreditation program.
Assistant Chief Andy Whitmire told the board the department has been managing multiple records platforms and that the Axon standards software would centralize incident, pursuit and use‑of‑force records into one system to improve efficiency and make later record retrieval easier. "We created a a cumbersome process at best where to do a simple use of force report or pursuit report…
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