tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8847090370976614043..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Advocate: Police bodycam prices all over the map, Austin about to overpayGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69140588554950256162016-06-20T08:23:45.676-05:002016-06-20T08:23:45.676-05:00How can you make such statements that defines fund...How can you make such statements that defines fundamental reasoning of any contract terms. If you're going to make such comparison of the cost of body cameras at minimum you should communicate quantity and the terms of the contract. Know where do you state how long the contracts are for of what storage capacity was sold.<br /><br />So with that said what are you actually comparing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70486135466166312292016-06-10T12:02:49.744-05:002016-06-10T12:02:49.744-05:00If you think Taser's true cost to the city of ...If you think Taser's true cost to the city of Houston was only 7% of what they were ready to charge Los Angeles, you might want to dig a little deeper. It was proven the contract proposal process in Houston was heavily flawed, councilmen and insiders all balking at some of the maneuvering done to insure the desired vendor won the bid. Still, Taser was hoping to make their money on the back end of things, a significant markup needed there to make the deal work.<br /><br />But the reason why the prices are going up instead of down is because every city buying body cameras is being sold on all sorts of frills that jack up the prices, the newer generation equipment increasingly flexible and more reliable, proponents hit with a bait and switch tactic after agreeing in principle to obtain the cameras. Some of it has to do with how much lighting is needed, how weather impacts a unit, or even how the footage is downloaded, some convinced the footage should be kept much longer than others and others told how tying such gear into dispatch systems rather than rely on officers to tun them on is the way to go, everyone in the world offering all kinds of solutions, just so long as the price is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com