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JACKSON COUNTY, MI – New equipment to help the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office increase transparency and improve operations is being funded by federal COVID-19 relief funds.
A lease-to-own program through Axon approved by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 19, will provide upgraded car video cameras, body cameras and tasers to the sheriff’s office. The contract provides for 24 car cameras, 49 body cameras and 33 tasers for deputies.
The five-year program will cost $764,041, which is being paid through a yearly $152,808 payment coming from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funding Payments begin in 2022 and finish in 2026. After all payments are made, the equipment will officially be owned by the sheriff’s office…
