The Bristol Borough Police Department will be implementing a new body and dash cam camera program in 2026.
Borough Council voted last month to approve just under $280,000 contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., one of the countries largest police technology providers.
The program costs just under $56,000 annually through 2030. Officials expect to pay for the program using grant funds.
Police Chief Joe Moors told council the department spent more than 18 months evaluating vendors before selecting the Axon system.
“I’d just like to say first off that the mayor, myself and the council has been working on this project for over a year and a half now,” Moors said. “Met with multiple vendors and really just looked at all the options and picked out the best product that I think will suit us here in Bristol Borough.”
The department opted for the hardware without integrated artificial intelligence features.
Moors said this decision was made to keep costs manageable and to avoid legal complexities, including potential courtroom challenges regarding AI-generated summaries of police contacts
AI features could be added in the future, Moors said, the current priority is reliable documentation.
“This approach provides the essential benefits of reliable video documentation while keeping maintenance, training and legal risk manageable for our small department,” Moors said.
Moors told Lower Bucks Source recently he expects the body cam/video cam effort to be implemented by the spring of 2026.
We have to train everyone on the uses of the new interfaces and update our departmental policies to reflect the use of body cam/dash cam by our officers, Moors said.
