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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Matt Thomas, Support Services Commander
Martin S. Lyons, Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer
Michael Pegues, Chief Information Officer
DATE: June 21, 2021
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of 150 fleet dash camera systems not to exceed $1,684,800.00 and the purchase of 150 Taser 7 Conducted Energy Weapons not to exceed $313,350 from Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ.
PURPOSE:
The Police Department requests the City Council authorize the purchase of a fleet dash camera system and Taser 7 equipment which will integrate with the Axon 3 body worn camera system and update our current equipment which is beyond the service life.
BACKGROUND:
On October 27th, 2020 resolution R20-0249 was approved by the City Council for the purchase of body-worn cameras and the supporting software for officers at the Police Department in the amount of $2,150,920.00. The body-worn camera resolution was a voluntary response to community discussions about increasing transparency in police enforcement. At the time of the resolution there was not a state mandate requiring all law enforcement officers to wear a body-worn camera. However on February 22nd, 2021 Governor Pritzker signed the Bill, now known as the "Safe-T-Act" into law. The Safe-T-Act mandates all police departments must implement body-worn cameras for all officers.
On June 15th, 2021 the Committee of the Whole move forward the authorization to purchase additional cameras to satisfy the new state mandate and the supporting software in the amount of $2,828,107.00. In the initial Resolution R20-0249 it was mentioned that our current fleet dash camera system was beyond the service life and would present many integration challenges once we deployed our body-worn camera system. Consistent with the initial discussion highlighted in R20-249 and in response to the recommendations made at the Committee of the Whole meeting on June 15th, 2021, an ...
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