City of Brighton - File #: ID-158-21

• File #: ID-158-21
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/19/2021
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/1/2021
• Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, ACCEPTING THE QUOTE OF AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. AND APPROVING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A TEN YEAR AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS, WITH AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE OFFICER SAFETY PROGRAM 7+, PROJECT #21-006857 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE AND SIGN THE CONTRACT AND ALL EXTENSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THERETO

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/1/2021	1	City Council

Department of Police
Reference: Approving the procurement of 21-006857 Officer Safety Program 7+

To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Jane Bais DiSessa, City Manager
Prepared By: Amber Gibbs, Procurement & Contracts Manager and Matthew Domenico, Patrol Commander
Through: Maria Ostrom, Finance Director and Paul Southard, Chief of Police
Date Prepared: May 14, 2021
PURPOSE
Requesting City Council approval of formal solicitation for project # 21-006857 Officer Safety Program 7+ (body worn cameras), and approving the resolution giving the City Manager, or Designee, authority to sign the contract. Municipal Code Section 3.08.090, "...All bids and proposals in excess of $50,000 shall be awarded through formal written procedures by the City Council."

BACKGROUND/HISTORY
In the first quarter of 2020 the Police Department was tasked with researching information related to implementation of a police body worn (BWC) camera program. Shortly after beginning this research the state legislature passed Senate bill 20-217 requiring local law enforcement agencies to implement BWC's no later than July 1st, 2023. Police Department staff submitted preliminary findings to council on July 28th, 2020 recommending the police department implement a cloud based BWC program, along with estimated fiscal impacts of the program. Council directed police department staff to proceed with the implementation of the BWC program.
In the third quarter of 2020 police department staff established a body worn camera taskforce and began studying available options. In addition to researching suitable vendor's police department staff identified other stakeholders that would be impacted by the implementation of BWC's, which included other partner law enforcement agencies in the 17th judicial district, the Adams County District Attorney's office, the Brighton Municipal court, Information Technology and others. The results of the task force's research identified AXON as the most...