In the Public Defender’s “Future Projects and Upgrades FY 2026-2027” section, the office lists an estimated 87,414 for the Axon Justice Premier Program, a digital evidence management solution. The narrative states that the Public Defender and the County Attorney’s Office are exploring Axon for their use because law enforcement already uses Axon for bodycams, cruiser video, reports, and more, and that it would replace the office’s existing Reduct subscriptions. Attached is a February 28, 2025 Axon Justice proposal and a 10-year discounted cost table showing 80,460 plus 15,000 onboarding in 2026, with annual costs escalating thereafter and a lower “with County Attorney” price column starting at 72,414. This indicates the County is in an active evaluation phase for a long-term SaaS digital evidence platform tightly integrated with law enforcement’s Axon ecosystem, but no award or contract is described. Competing DEMS vendors, legal case-management integrators, and Axon itself can engage both the Public Defender and County Attorney to address evidence intake, storage, transcription, redaction, and discovery workflows, and to shape requirements around chain of custody, integration with case systems, and budget phasing before any contract is finalized.

Axon has already provided a detailed proposal and pricing; the project would replace Reduct and cent...