what you have or what what we're looking at or considering tonight is a corporate 10-year technology program. Why do we call it the technology program? It has several um technological components that are either due for replacement or we are currently under agreement with with uh the company Axon.

We believe that body cameras are a tremendous value to the community. Um, I think they provide transparency in what we do as a law enforcement agency. They also provide tremendous evidentiary value.

I think when you have a good department, you want as much documentation as as possible because it only helps you... having a a real time capture of this... it helps to reveal that this is what's really happening. This is what they're dealing with. This is what they're seeing. And so I I agree with you. I think it presents good evidence to protect the department more often than anything else.

So the short answer is yes, and here's why. Um over the last couple years, I've spent time learning about how is AI and AI report writing impacting police departments and their efficiency and what are the pitfalls of it... it was it was unanimous that there was benefit to the officers. It felt that it reduced their time. Statistically speaking, it didn't reduce it to the degree that some of the vendors advertise it. But there was a clear uh there was a clear win there for the efficiency for the officers.

I think that this is properly on the uh consent agenda. ... And uh I would support the the motion as written and I also think that council should give staff the authority to thoroughly negotiate um this contract.

There's a lot of details that we would need to work out with Axon and there are some terms that we that are deal breakers for us as a city in there that are technical with the city attorney that uh we won't bend on if it's not going to meet the city's terms. So I want to make it clear that this the the approval would be contingent upon terms that the city attorney and I are able to reach with the vendor.