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Mariposa County Probation | Body cameras

The Board approved a five-year Axon body-camera agreement for the Probation Department in 2021, worth up to $52,090.53. Deployment, device count, policy, and retention remain unconfirmed in the records reviewed.

At a glance

Agreement value
$52,090.53, not to exceed [1]
Term
5 years [1]
Approved
March 9, 2021 [1]
Devices purchased
not stated in the Board minutes reviewed [1]
Deployment status
the Board minutes approve purchase and implementation but do not confirm deployment [1]
Policy and retention
not stated in the Board minutes reviewed [1]

How it happened

  1. Decision

    The Board approves a five-year Axon agreement

    The Board approves purchase and implementation of Probation body-worn cameras under an Axon agreement not to exceed $52,090.53. The item is adopted on the consent calendar. [1]

On March 9, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved a five-year agreement with Axon Enterprise for the purchase and implementation of body-worn cameras for the Probation Department. The amount was not to exceed $52,090.53. The item appeared on the consent calendar, the group of items approved in one vote, as Resolution 2021-119.[1]

The same consent calendar included a separate Probation agreement with Lexipol for policy management and training. The minutes do not connect that agreement to a body-camera policy.[1]

The Board record does not state the number or model of cameras, the Evidence.com storage tier, the deployment date, or the rules for recording and retention. It also does not say what happened after the stated five-year agreement term.[1] The approved status on this page reflects what the minutes establish without treating the approved purchase as proof of current operation.

Questions

Did Mariposa County approve body cameras for Probation?
Yes. The Board approved a five-year Axon agreement for purchase and implementation on March 9, 2021. [1]
How much was the agreement?
The amount was not to exceed $52,090.53 over five years. [1]
How many cameras were included?
The Board minutes reviewed do not state a device count. [1]
Is the system operating now?
The minutes approve purchase and implementation. They do not establish a deployment date or current operating status, so this page retains an approved status. [1]

What we do not know

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Sources

  1. 1.
    Mariposa County Board of Supervisors minutes, March 9, 2021 (RES-2021-119) · Meeting record · · accessed · archived copy

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