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Support the District Attorney's Office recommendation for a ten-year non-standard Agreement with AXON Enterprise, Inc., for Digital Evidence Management in the maximum amount of $950,832.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Capital Improvement Committee support the District Attorney's Office recommendation for a ten-year non-standard Agreement with AXON Enterprise, Inc., for Digital Evidence Management in the maximum amount of $950,832.
SUMMARY:
Currently digital evidence is stored on County servers and the amount of data is overwhelming available resources. AXON Enterprise, Inc. can provide digital evidence storage services for the Office of the District Attorney (DA). Utilizing cloud-based storage will provide proper accessibility of data, stored on an approved cloud-based server, and free up County IT storage resources for other uses.
It is requested that the Capital Improvement Committee support a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or their designee to sign a non-standard Agreement with AXON Enterprise, Inc., and to issue purchase orders on an "as needed" basis, in the aggregate amount not to exceed $950,832, over the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2034.
DISCUSSION:
AXON currently works with many Law Enforcement Agencies throughout our County providing body camera services, which are then utilized as evidence in the prosecution of crime against our citizens. These camera videos can be very large in size and require ever increasing computer storage space to maintain them as evidence. AXON Enterprise, Inc., has available a digital evidence storage solution, operating seamlessly with their existing body camera systems, which would make County digital storage systems available for other uses. This digital evidence would be maintained on cloud-based storage systems, authorized by the Department of Justice for the storage of digital evidence. The services provided by AXON Enterpris...
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