This fall, the City Commission will consider a proposal by the Lakeland Police Department (LPD) to expand the city’s contract with Axon Enterprises Inc., the company that provides Lakeland’s body cameras, in-car cameras, and tasers.
Assistant Chief of Police Hans Lehman made the 10-year, $21.3 million proposal at the city’s strategic planning workshop on April 23.
If approved, the new contract will refresh all current Axon hardware and software, give LPD access to tools like instant translation and AI-generated incident reports, add more drones to the department’s fleet, and provide an advanced database that would streamline searchable information in one platform…