Lakeland, FL

Lakeland, FL signed a 10-year contract with Axon to supply officers with body cameras and new tech

The city of Lakeland signed a 10-year contract with Axon Enterprises Inc. to acquire body camera solutions and other technological equipment for the Lakeland Police Department (LPD). The city negotiated a flat rate of $938,000 per year in exchange for 250 body cameras, 250 new tasers, 165 new in-car video systems, and 10 virtual reality training sets. The LPD will also be trained in a new software that allows them to accept videos from private home alarm system and upload them as evidence.

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Lakeland, FL

United States

Lakeland, FL is partnering with Summit Broadband to create a high-speed broadband service

The City of Lakeland is partnering with Orlando-based Summit Broadband Inc. to create a private-public high-speed broadband service. According to the ten-year contract, Summit Broadband will invest $20 million to expand the city's dark fiber network, contribute $20,000 annually toward bridging the digital divide, and the city will receive 10% of the gross revenue or a minimum of $144,000 each year. The first 13 customers will be minority-owned businesses that currently lack internet service.

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Lakeland, FL

United States

Lakeland, FL piloted real-time water monitoring systems using Sensus FlexNet

Using FlexNet and Smart Gateway solutions from Sensus, the city of Lakeland built new monitoring stations to track water levels remotely in real-time. By eliminating the need to manually visit lakes to check water levels, Lakeland is achieving significant time and cost savings.

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Lakeland, FL

United States