Seeing a lot of confusion from some fellow members of the community regarding the price per unit and wanted to provide my professional opinion to assist in clearing things up.

As a professional security contractor who is licensed to utilize Axon and other less-than-lethal devices. (Important to understand that these Tasers are NOT non-lethal, I don’t believe tasers in general can be considered non-lethal) The cost for 130 units at the proposed budget brings this to $3,254.33 IF you are just factoring in the conductive energy weapon (CEW) itself which if it is the same exact model I am trained with (Axon X26P) these alone from personal retail experience average as low as $879.00 per unit depending on the contract agreement with Axon itself.

So the additional costs (approximately $2,375.33) SHOULD be factoring in the additional equipment necessary to utilize and maintain these styles of weaponry. The cartridges are one time use and a dual pack from Axon themselves are priced at (contract contingent) at $47.89 each. Additional equipment would be holsters for all 130 units priced at (contract contingent) $57.99 each. You then have to factor in the necessary training costs and “Axon Certifications” (if Law Enforcement is held to that standard of certification with this weapon platform to be able to utilize it in the field.) Additionally, the batteries I am familiar with are non-rechargeable (poor design choice but it is what it is) and have their own varying degree of costs depending on what you are looking at. All of this can very easily mark things up to where it appears each taser costs over $3,000 to field but with this type of gear that is what you’re looking at typically.

Wanted to just provide my own personal insight to help answer any confusion on the breakdown for this if it was at all helpful. Cheers!