Polk County DA moves to cut tech costs, pilots AI with caution
Summary
Aaron Fountain reported moves to remove 24 terabytes of data from cloud storage to lower costs (estimated savings about $12,000 so far), plans to shift to a centralized Adobe-based printing/signature system (cost ~ $2,300) and said the office is exploring AI for prosecutorial uses while warning about policy and risk controls.
District Attorney Aaron Fountain told commissioners the office has begun a short-term migration off its cloud-based case-management storage to reduce costs, removing roughly 24 terabytes to local flash storage and estimating about $12,000 in savings so far. He described the measure as temporary and risk-prone, saying it is not a long-term archival solution and that the office will work with IT on a permanent approach.
Fountain also said the office plans to shift from individual desktop printers to a software-based Adobe system at an estimated short-term cost of about $2,300 and to roll out digital signatures and exhibits. On artificial intelligence, he said the office is "actively looking forward to it" while stressing the need for policies and controls: "AI is like anything else...You gotta have a policy. You gotta have control of it, or it'll get out of hand."
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