Police Surveillance Cameras

At a glance

What: The Jackson Police Department's Safe City camera purchases from Active Solutions, LLC and a separate store-camera program.
Where it stands: December 30, 2025: Council moved $250,000 within the police budget for Safe City cameras and ratified an $89,226.16 payment, both 6-0.
Next: The store-camera program was changing software vendors; training dates were expected to be revisited in roughly two months (about February 2026).

Budget revision: a $250,000 transfer from General Fund balances within the FY2025-2026 police budget to buy Safe City surveillance cameras from Active Solutions, LLC, under Mississippi Code Section 21-35-25 (under the 10% threshold). Moved by Hartley, seconded by Brown-Thomas; 6-0.
Ratified a partial pay request dated December 2, 2025 for $89,226.16: ten SafeCityCam-360 cameras ($68,349.20), ten Fusus Core Lite licenses ($2,200), installation and integration ($5,000), project management ($925) and service and maintenance ($12,706.96). The bid was accepted May 23, 2023 for a 36-month supply. 6-0.
Related: renewal of PowerDMS policy and accreditation software for December 30, 2025 through December 29, 2026 at $4,807.45, and a ratified payment for repair of a security grille at Police Headquarters, both 6-0.

Hartley asked for an update on the store-camera program. Assistant Chief Grizzell said the project was transitioning between software companies, with training dates to be revisited in about two months, and described how the software works.
Brown-Thomas asked for cameras on Cooper Road to deter copper theft from light poles, and Stokes asked for an update on cameras at W.C. Gordon Park. No vote.

$250,000 budget transfer and $89,226.16 ratification, 6-0 each.

Store-camera program update requested; new camera requests for Cooper Road and W.C. Gordon Park.