The Tulsa Sheriff gets a grant that will pay for enough body cams to outfit almost all deputies. The Department of Justice grant can cover another 218 body cams to combine with 55 others already donated to the office. Sheriff’s Director of Government Affairs, Terry Simonson, says the county won’t be out any money for the initial cost. The Axon Company has donated 55 cameras, and the DOJ grant of $291,600 will pay for the other 218.
The grant and donation will cover the initial equipment cost, but the Sheriff will need to fund on-going camera maintenance and data storage costs.