21-0639 2) A Resolution: 1. Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Enter Into A Contract With Axon, Inc. To Purchase 786 Body-Worn Cameras (BWC), 786 Electronic Control Weapons (ECW), Cloud-Storage For The Audio And Video BWC Storage System Known As Evidence.Com, And Interview Room Cameras, For The Five Year Period Of January 1, 2022 Through December 31, 2026, For An Annual Cost Not To Exceed One Million Six Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Five Dollars ($1,638,505) For A Total Five Year Contract Cost Not To Exceed Eight Million One Hundred Ninety Two Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($8,192,525); And 2. Waiving The City's Advertising / Bidding And Request For Proposal Requirements For The Proposed Contract
Didn't OPD already have bodycams that they were not using or turning off? Why are we spending 8 million dollars for new devises.