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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Keith Cross, Chief of Police
Dave McCabe, Fire Chief
Michael Pegues, Chief Information Officer
Jeff Anderson, Deputy Chief Information Officer
DATE: November 14, 2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution requesting approval to lease computer equipment and purchase traffic cameras for the Aurora Public Safety Departments using funds received from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology and Equipment Program and Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB) funds.
PURPOSE:
The objective of the COPS Technology and Equipment Program is to provide funding for projects which improve police effectiveness and the flow of information among law enforcement agencies, local government service providers, and the communities they serve.
Resolution R23-375 accepted award number 15JCOPS-23-GG-01883-TECP (COPS23) from the US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology and Equipment Program for $2,280,000.
Resolution R24-266 approved $1,230,362.30 of these funds for Forensic Lab equipment as well as CCTV equipment. This resolution is requesting to utilize the remainder of these funds - $1,049,637.70 -- for the first year of a 3-year lease of ruggedized laptops for Aurora Public Safety Departments, additional CCTV equipment and to cover labor shortfalls from R24-266.
BACKGROUND:
Passage of resolution R20-180 provided funding for ruggedized laptops to all sworn Aurora Police Department (APD) officers as well as all Aurora Fire Department (AFD) command staff and AFD vehicles.
Police officers, paramedics and fire crews need ruggedized laptops they can rely on in all situations and weather conditions. The models being leased exceed US Department of Defense MIL-STD-810 standard which includes endurance and vibration tests, environmental tests including water resistance and temperature tests from -60F to 200F.64
The laptops purchased from R20-180 are now beyond the ...
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