Sheriff's Office to Body Cams

West Olive, MI (WGHN) – The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office has selected Axon Inc. as the vendor for the body camera/dash cam project. The project was approved in the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget by the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners. After an extensive process and research within the County's bidding and purchasing guidelines, the award of this contract will provide the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office with state-of-the-art body camera and video capabilities of dash cams throughout the county. Axon's body cameras are used by more law enforcement agencies than any other brand in the world.

Axon is a technology leader in global public safety. Axon is building the public safety operating system of the future by integrating a suite of hardware devices and cloud software solutions that drive modern policing.

Axon's suite includes TASER energy devices, body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, cloud-hosted digital evidence management solutions, productivity software and real-time operations capabilities. Axon's growing global customer base includes first responders in international, federal, state and local law enforcement, fire, corrections and emergency medical services, as well as the security industry. justice.

Each Axon product, from conducted energy weapons to body-worn cameras, to their digital management systems (evidence, justice, community), integrate seamlessly with each other, complementing the systems and processes already used by forces of the order. This connectivity doesn't stop with the company's products. With features built into Axon's solutions, law enforcement can connect with partners, from county officials to neighboring agencies to prosecutors working on a case.

Sheriff Steve Kempker said work will begin in the coming weeks to begin construction of the countywide system for the sheriff's office. This project will include approximately 200 body cameras and 120 automotive cameras as well as system software and operating systems.