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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Purchase Agreement with Vigilant Solutions for Four, Vehicle Mounted, 3-Camera Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Systems and to Negotiate and Execute Related Documents, Agreements and Modifications in an Amount Not to Exceed $80,000. (Police 3116)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Purchase Agreement with Vigilant Solutions for Four, Vehicle Mounted, 3-Camera Automated License Plate Recognition Systems and to Negotiate and Execute Related Documents, Agreements and Modifications in an Amount Not to Exceed $80,000
BACKGROUND
On October 1, 2013, Council authorized the Alameda Police Department to pursue grant funding sources for the purchase and implementation of Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) equipment. Subsequent to that meeting, Police Department personnel completed the application process for a Department of Homeland Security grant through the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (Bay Area UASI) for the purchase of four, vehicle mounted, 3-camera ALPR systems. In March 2014, Alameda Police Department personnel were informed the grant application for funding through the Bay Area UASI had not been approved. Although no other outside funding sources for the purchase of ALPR technology have been identified at this time, significant salary savings during FY13-14 would allow the purchase to be made without an increase to the existing budget.
DISCUSSION
ALPR technology is a significant tool in the arsenal of law enforcement and public safety agencies. It automates a tedious, distracting, and manual process that officers regularly complete in their daily operations, and vastly improves their efficiency and effectiveness in identifying vehicles of interest among the hundreds or thousands they observe during routine patrol. Moreover, it generates a rec...
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