Title
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the amendment of a ten-year purchase agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc., for the procurement of TASERs and related equipment, by increasing the agreement in the amount of $585,224.64, divided among the remaining nine years of the agreement.
Summary
DATE: October 18, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Charles F. Kimble, Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Amended TASER purchase for the Killeen Police Department
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Killeen Police Department has purchased TASER Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs) from Axon Enterprise, Inc. for several years. Starting in fiscal year 2021-2022, the City entered into a ten-year purchase agreement with Axon for TASER devices, accessories, instructor training, and virtual reality (VR) training equipment. Axon is a member of the TASB BuyBoard purchasing cooperative. There are no viable competing products with the TASER and this agreement specifically is only available directly from Axon Enterprise, Inc. The original annual installment payment for this agreement was $170,000.00.
The original implementation plan made possible by this agreement was to outfit almost all officers assigned to uniformed duty positions with this force option, as well as some officers assigned to plainclothes positions based on case-by case justification. That original plan would also allow for some devices to be available in the city jail.
During fiscal year 2021-2022 the implementation plan was revised, with a new goal of outfitting all sworn employees at or below the rank of Commander with this less-than-lethal force option, as well as all jailers assigned to the city jail. This revised plan would allow all employees who might reasonably need such a tool to have it readily available. It would also simplify accountability of equipment and tracking TASER deployment by employee.
ECWs are essential issue items for uniformed police officers employees, including those assigne...
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