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Evidence ledger · Finding 04 · Alberta

Lethbridge

The province-wide platform test: Axon camera evidence reaches the Crown, a separate records system reaches unnamed government counterparts, and cross-agency Axon access remains unproved.

8 sourced records8 capability states2 documented data flows
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LETHBRIDGE EVIDENCE LEDGER

Finding 04

Shared architecture is visible.
Shared access is not.

Lethbridge confirms another Axon Body 4 and centralized evidence deployment under Alberta's standards. Its public record identifies a Crown disclosure path, but it does not establish that Edmonton, Calgary or another agency can search or retrieve Lethbridge camera footage.

DOCUMENTED DATA FLOWCamera evidence
Axon Body 4Canadian cloud DEMSCrown disclosure

LPS says docked footage uploads automatically to Axon's centralized Canadian-hosted system and that recordings are disclosed to the Crown as evidence.

LPS camera program ↗
COMMON PLATFORM, ACCESS UNKNOWNProvincial architecture
Calgary Body 4Alberta standardsLethbridge Body 4

Calgary and Lethbridge both document Body 4 and centralized Axon evidence systems. Lethbridge says its DEMS meets provincial technical specifications. None of that proves cross-agency search or direct access.

Provincial mandate record ↗
DOCUMENTED INTEGRATION, SCOPE UNNAMEDPolice records
LPS operationsPolice RMSGovernment counterparts

A 2024 City procurement summary describes the police records system as integrated across LPS operations and with provincial and federal counterparts. It does not name the systems, agencies or exchanged fields.

City procurement summary ↗

Authorization timeline

From infeasible to operational

The timeline separates research, mandate, funding, contracting, rollout and use.

Capability register

Connection, compatibility and unknowns

The shared Axon vendor is published as architecture. Only named data destinations are published as connections.