Fishers Police officers will be equipped with body cams during the final three months of 2019. That’s the word from Fishers Chief of Police Ed Gebhart as he spoke before the Board of Works and Public Safety. The Chief was answering questions on a contract that was approved by the board to provide the body cams and related software from Axon Enterprise.
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Mayor Scott Fadness, a member of the board, indicated he would like the board of works to establish policies about the release of such video, which will be stored by the vendor in a cloud-based data storage system.
Axon will also upgrade the video equipment now in place on Fishers police vehicles.
The board received a number of annual updates, including status of the city’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, adoptions and amendments to the city road inventory and listing of traffic signs. On Call Engineering will once again provide services to the city in 2019.
The board approved a number of other items during the Friday morning session, including:
- An agreement with the state of Indiana to offset state tax refunds to pay City of Fishers outstanding debts.
- A contract to provide property and casualty insurance for the city in 2019.
- A supplemental funding agreement to move forward with the planned roundabout at 126th Street and Ford Road.
- Special purchase of a Pierce Saber Pumper fire engine.
- Special purchase of a Medix Ambulance.