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Lease Agreement for body-worn cameras,

in-car fleet camera systems, and conducted

energy devices (Tasers)

Organizational Excellence

$301,294
General Fund Police Recurring net budget
increase

The Police Department requests supplemental funding to renew contractual agreements for Axon body-worn
cameras, in-car fleet camera systems, and conducted energy devices (Tasers) to enhance officer safety,
strengthen evidentiary documentation, and improve transparency in public safety operations. Approval of this
funding will provide the police department with new warranty equipment for ten years. It also includes
refreshed equipment during those ten years.

The total for the ten-year agreement is $5,323,195.04, with $530,220.11 due October 2026, and $532,552.77
due annually through Fiscal Year (FY) 2035-2036. This contract replaces budget items for previous Axon
leases, totaling $163,926, and a Flock Safety agreement for license plate reader cameras in the amount of
$65,000, for a net budget increase of $301,294 in FY 2026-2027.

This funding will support replacement and expansion of critical frontline technology used during patrol
response, traffic enforcement, arrests, investigations, and other field operations.

Body-worn cameras provide real-time documentation of officer-public interactions, improve evidence
collection, support criminal prosecutions, and help resolve complaints and response to resistance reviews.
Fleet camera systems expand coverage by capturing vehicle stops, prisoner transport activity, and exterior
incident scenes that may not be fully documented by body-worn devices alone.
Tasers provide officers with an important less-lethal option to de-escalate dangerous encounters, reduce
the likelihood of serious injury to officers and subjects, and increase the department's ability to respond
safely to resistant or combative individuals.
Additional features included in this agreement are Fusus livestreaming video access, Outpost ALPR
cameras, Standards critical incident review application, Virtual Reality training equipment, Auto-Transcribe
language translation and Draft One AI report writing system.

Supplemental funding is needed to ensure the department can maintain reliable, standardized equipment
across the fleet and among sworn personnel, meet operational demands, replace aging or obsolete devices,
and support associated implementation costs such as mounting hardware, licensing, data storage, evidence
management, and training. These tools are essential to modern policing practices and align with the City's
goals of officer accountability, community trust, risk reduction, and effective service delivery. Failure to fund the
Axon agreement will significantly affect the Police Departments ability to maintain reliable public safety
technology, support officer accountability, and manage operational risk. Without continued funding for body-
worn cameras, fleet camera systems, and conducted energy devices, the department may face gaps in
equipment availability, degraded system reliability, and reduced access to critical digital evidence and less-
lethal response tools. Non-funding may also result in increased officer and public safety risks. Without properly

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