Aurora is looking at a five-year, $6.2 million contract for police body cameras and Tasers, a pact officials said would save the city about $2 million.
Aldermen on the City Council’s Finance Committee recently recommended the new contract that would cover the Aurora Police Department’s body-worn cameras, Tasers and accompanying software through 2028.Lt. Bryan Handell, Central Services director at the department, said the contract would consolidate and replace the current one the city has with Axon Enterprises, which provides body-worn and squad car cameras to the department, along with the Tasers.
The city would get 328 new cameras, 150 new squad car cameras and 150 new Tasers. It also would get new software and licenses that cover them. The impetus for the new contract started with the availability of newer model Tasers that are more accurate and easier to handle, he said.
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