To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: JOE HOFFMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
TITLE
title
APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIRTY-SEVEN (37) PRO-EVIDENCE.COM LICENSES FOR ACCESS TO BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $51,948 AND A NEW TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $476,621.95
end
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Police Department is currently in year three of a five-year agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc for Body-worn camera services, covering the term of April 15, 2020 - April 14, 2025. The current agreement includes three (3) individual Pro-Evidence.com licenses. The Pro-Evidence.com licenses allow authorized police supervisors, detectives and City Attorney personnel access to body-worn camera footage for investigative and court filing needs. An additional thirty-seven (37) Pro-Evidence.com licenses will give additional authorized personnel access to review critical body-worn camera footage for investigative and court filing needs. Approval of the amendment, will provide the Police Department with a total of forty (40) Pro-Evidence.com licenses.
BACKGROUND
In 2019, the Police Department applied for a U.S. Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation grant and was awarded $190,000 in Federal matching funds for the Body-Worn Camera program. City Council approved the acceptance of the grant and the appropriation of Asset Forfeiture funding for the required matching funds in FY 2019-20. That year, following an RFP process, the City Council approved a five-year agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc for the purchase of body-worn cameras, digital evidence management, data storage, annual software and maintenance for an amount not to exceed $424,673.95. The City is currently in year three (3) of that five (5) year agreement.
The current agreement with Axon offers three (3) Pro-Evidence.com licenses. Pro-Evidence.com licenses provide individual access to body-worn camera f...
Click here for full text