Brazos County commissioners are set to vote Tuesday on a 10-year software subscription that would move the County Attorney's office onto Axon's cloud system for storing, reviewing and sharing digital evidence, at a total cost of $485,576.
The contract with Axon Enterprise Inc., listed as Contract No. 27-057 for the company's "Justice Premier Plus" package, is item 6 on the regular agenda for the Commissioners Court meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. The court is meeting at the Brazos County Medical Examiner's Office, 3037 East 29th St. in Bryan.
What the county would pay
The Axon quote attached to the agenda, issued Sept. 8 and billed to the Brazos County Attorney at 300 E. 26th St. in Bryan, spreads the cost evenly over 10 annual payments of $48,557.60, the first in October 2026 and the last in October 2035. No sales tax is charged.
The quote lists an estimated contract start date of Oct. 1, 2026, and runs the software subscriptions through May 31, 2036, a program length the quote puts at 116 months. It prices the plan at a net $161 per unit for 26 units, against a list price of $178.89.
Axon's quote also shows an "unbundled" price of more than $1.2 million for the same pieces bought separately, and describes the difference as savings. The quote incorporates BuyBoard Contract 743-24 into its terms.
What the package includes
The delivery schedule lists 12 software pieces for each of the 26 units, including:
- 26 Axon Evidence "Pro for Prosecutor" licenses and access to Axon's discovery module
- Unlimited storage for evidence from Axon devices and from third-party sources
- An automatic transcription service and a redaction assistant license
- A viewer for data pulled from mobile phones and support for third-party video
- Search tools Axon calls Smart Detection and Attribute Search, plus "Axon Brief One for Justice" and "Policy Chat"
- Axon Community Link
