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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Police
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Receipt of a Gift
Gift(s): Access to Axon Evidence (Evidence.com)
Purpose: To accept a gift to provide access to Axon Evidence (Evidence.com) cloud base storage of Police Body Worn and In-Car Camera Videos for one (1) year.
Gift Donor: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Donor Address: 17800 North 85th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255
Gift Value: Indeterminable; value depends on services utilized and number of users
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Additional Information
No municipal funding required.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, Police Division is subject to a Consent Decree with the United States filed in the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Docket No. 2:16-cv-01731-MCA-LDW, which included the agreed upon appointment of an Independent Monitor ("Independent Monitoring Team"); and
WHEREAS, one of the responsibilities of the Independent Monitoring Team is to review and audit footage of Police Body Worn and In-Car Camera Videos; and
WHEREAS, due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, site visits by the Independent Monitoring Team have been halted and mostly impossible; and
WHEREAS, the Independent Monitoring Team made contact with Axon Enterprise, Inc., 17800 North 85th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255 ("Axon") to request assistance with storing/accessing Body Worn and In-Car Camera videos remotely for review and auditing purposes. Axon has agreed to allow the Newark Police Division to use its cloud-based storage solution for the purposes of facilitating remote access to Body Worn and In-Car Camera videos for auditing purposes at no cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Technology Unit of the Police Division has been consulted and finds the Axon cloud solution to be...
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