The Sheriff’s office — and the general public — have long wished for dash cams to improve law enforcement and transparency. Now, thanks to grant funding helping with the $130,000 price tag, 32 patrol vehicles have been outfitted with the technology .
- Axion Dash Cams can start recording manually, or automatically when the deputy engages their emergency lights
- Cameras can record video and audio, and the deputies can wear microphones outside of their vehicles to capture audio during interactions.
- 32 vehicles have been outfitted with the cameras.
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story
“It used to be that somebody could be coming up here to the stop sign and not stop, and we write them a ticket for it,” Sergeant Ken Mencl told me as I rode with him in his patrol vehicle. “The case would get thrown out of court because there was no evidence.”
Mencl took me on a drive to show me the features of the sheriff’s offices new Axion dash camera technology.
“Now that we have these dash cameras, we’re able to capture that evidence and provide that to the court, and provide that uncontradicted evidence that shows the violations took place.”