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North St. Paul approves Motorola in‑car and body cameras after staff describe failures with current system
Summary
The council approved a five‑year contract to buy 12 Motorola M500 in‑car cameras and 25 V700 body cameras (estimated five‑year cost just over $322,000). Staff cited chronic failures with the current IPRO/UDE system; Motorola representatives described cloud storage, AI‑assisted redaction, LPR and live‑viewing features.
The North St. Paul City Council approved the purchase of in‑car and body‑worn camera systems and a five‑year cloud contract to replace the department’s existing video management platform.
Sergeant Ben Badawitch presented the need for a new system, describing repeated technical problems with the department’s current IPRO/UDE setup: weekly failed uploads from squad cars, inconsistent linking of body and in‑car video, poor redaction tools that require manual, frame‑by‑frame editing, and retention‑date failures that left older recordings on the server. Badawitch said the IPRO contract expires in mid‑2026 and that repeated support tickets were needed to restore uploads.
Motorola representative…
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