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Axon Body and Fleet Camera - Purchase
History
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, the Illinois Senate voted to approve House Bill 3653, a 764-page document which mandates that effective January 1, 2024, municipalities with a population of 50,000 or more, but under 100,000, are required to implement the use of officer-worn body cameras. In November of 2020, the Orland Park Police Department began to field test body worn cameras manufactured from three (3) separate vendors. Those vendors were Watch Guard (Motorola), Panasonic and Axon. The purpose of the pilot program was to determine the capabilities and limitations of each system to include, but not limited to resolution abilities, storage requirements, redaction capabilities, durability of the equipment, training demands, and the overall quality of each camera unit. At the completion of the field testing, a unanimous decision amongst all officers involved determined that the Axon product was the leader and best suited the needs of the Orland Park Police Department. Axon’s Body and Fleet Camera program bundles hardware, software, accessories, training programs, 24/7 customer support, equipment refreshes, and warranties together, to help equip the officers with the solutions they need.
The Axon body and fleet camera hardware components include, 116 Axon body-worn cameras with two (2) upgrades, eleven (11) Axon body-worn cameras docks and wall mounts, one (1) body worn camera mount per camera,forty-four (44) Fleet three (3) camera packages, and Axon signal sidearm activation (a smart sensor that attaches to an officer’s holster) which uses Axon signal technology to trigger Axon body-worn cameras within range to start recording automatically when an officer’s weapon is drawn) and Axon Signal Performance Power Magazine (SPPM) Taser Activation. This proprietary piece of equipment captures critical footage when using the TASER X2 Smart Weapon. The SPPM reports to the officers body camera when the weapon is armed a...
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