REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 26, 2015
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: ROBERT NEVAREZ, Deputy Chief
Police Department - Support & Special Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the award of a sole source service contract to ShotSpotter, Inc. ("ShotSpotter"):
1.Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to specify ShotSpotter, without substitution, to provide gunshot detection services through the ShotSpotter Flex(tm) Gunshot Location, Alert, and Analysis Service; and uphold the City Manager's determination that ShotSpotter is uniquely qualified to provide the service
2. Award a service contract in the amount of $450,000 to ShotSpotter, Inc., sufficient for ShotSpotter to provide a continuous three square mile area of coverage for three years.
3.*** RESOLUTION - 43rd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating $109,000 into the Police Department's FY 2015 budget for the CalGRIP grant program (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
The Police Department recommends that Council:
1. Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to specify ShotSpotter, without substitution, for the lease of gunshot detection services sufficient to provide a three continuous square miles coverage for three years, and uphold the City Manager's determination that ShotSpotter is uniquely qualified to provide the service.
2. Award a service contract for $450,000 to ShotSpotter for the installation and maintenance of the system.
3. Approve an appropriation of $109,000 in CALGRIP funds to be used for first year lease payment of the ShotSpotter system.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Gunshot location systems have been used domestically in the United States since the mid-1990s by a growing list of cities and municipalities that embrace gunshot location systems as a mission-essential tool in their arsenal for fighting violent crime. Gunshot alerts (withi...
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