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Constables press for Motorola body- and in-car cameras; court asks for revised proposal for four elected constables
Summary
Constables asked the court to approve a Motorola body- and in-car-camera system (cloud-hosted); commissioners debated vehicle mounts, server needs and ongoing cloud costs and agreed to revise the proposal to cover four elected constables (with a spare camera) rather than five-car coverage as originally budgeted.
A constable presented a Motorola proposal that included body cameras and car cameras with cloud storage and an upfront rebate. The constable said the system would provide both body and dash/video for several cars and that cloud uploading would remove the need to drive to a central server for downloads.
Commissioners discussed alternatives (dash cameras, Sentinel systems), whether a server or vehicle network upgrades would be required, and recurring cloud/service costs. The constable emphasized transparency: "Body cameras provoke the transparency, providing an objective record of police civilian interactions... This is a public safety deal here." The court directed staff to secure a revised proposal focused on equipping the four elected constables (and one spare unit) and to clarify upfront and recurring costs before final purchase approval.
