Franklin County Sheriff | Body-worn and dash cameras
One package, deployed whole: body cameras, dash cameras and Tasers in a single Axon contract for the state's 2022 recording mandate, $1.3 to $1.5 million over five years.
At a glance
- The contract
- A multi-year Axon deal for body cameras, dash cameras and Tasers, $1.3-1.5 million over five years, signed for the recording law that took effect January 2022 (contemporaneous Tri-City Herald reporting) [1]
- The rollout
- Held for the delayed dash cameras and deployed together in March 2022. Sheriff Jim Raymond: "I have no desire to piecemeal the process." [1]
- Activation
- Emergency responses, drawn weapons, and whenever any officer's camera activates at the same scene (as reported) [1]
- The policy
- Not published anywhere we could find; the contract and policy lead the records request [1]
How it happened
Bought as one thing
Most agencies buy cameras piecewise; Franklin County’s sheriff refused to, and said so on the record. The result is that the county’s body cameras, dash cameras, and Tasers share one vendor, one contract, and one evidence system, the same single-stack shape Benton County built across the river, and the same reason: a state recording mandate that made January 2022 the deadline.
What the public record holds is the press account. The contract itself, its schedules, and the policy governing activation and retention are not on the county’s site, and the board record that approved them is published in formats our pipeline cannot read, scanned minutes and 1997-format Word agendas. The records request asks for all of it.
What we do not know
- The executed Axon agreement, its exact value, and any amendments since 2022.
- The body camera policy, and the dash cameras' retention settings.
What you can do
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