Sheriff's office outlines Axon body-camera rollout and AI tools, expects training in June-July

Chief Deputy Miller told supervisors the county's replacement of body-worn and squad cameras with the Axon platform is well underway and that most equipment has arrived.

"We have received almost all of our new equipment... they say we'll be live on July 1st," Miller said, adding that the date was optimistic and that data migration proved more complex than anticipated. Miller described Axon features including squad cameras, license-plate readers, translation functionality for non-English interactions and an AI drafting tool called Draft 1 that can produce an auto-generated report for officer review and editing.

Miller said the sheriff's office set a department threshold requiring officers to contribute at least 40% of the content to any AI-assisted report before it can be used, and that additional checks will be required before the material is copied into the records management system. He also described a multi-stage training plan: Axon will provide on-site sessions and the department expects a train-the-trainer phase followed by local roll-out, with on-site Axon support in late June and through July.

Supervisors asked about evidence search, face-keyword searches and training logistics; Miller said joint services will be trained to build vehicle installs while Axon will handle initial installations and on-site training.