REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 21, 2017
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: LYDIA CARRASCO, Deputy Chief
Patrol Division
SUBJECT
Title
Actions pertaining to the extension and expansion of area coverage in a service contract with ShotSpotter, Inc. ("ShotSpotter"):
1. Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to extend and expand the coverage area within the current ShotSpotter contract providing gunshot detection services through the ShotSpotter Flex(tm) Gunshot Location, Alert, and Analysis Service.
2. Amend the current service contract with ShotSpotter, Inc., to include the amount of $450,000 ($150,000 per year) for ShotSpotter to expand the current coverage and provide an additional continuous three square mile area of coverage for three years.
3. Amend the current service contract with ShotSpotter, Inc., to renew the current coverage area for a maximum of three years at a renewal amount of $150,000 per year.
Body
RECOMMENDATION
The Police Department recommends that Council:
1. Authorize the Chief of Police or designee to renew and expand the current ShotSpotter contract for the lease of gunshot detection services sufficient to provide six continuous square miles of coverage for three years.
2. Approve the first amendment to the current service contract with ShotSpotter for the installation and maintenance of the system.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The ShotSpotter gunshot location system has been used by the Fresno Police Department since going fully operational in July of 2015. It has proven to be a mission-essential tool in our arsenal for fighting violent crime. Gunshot alerts (within seconds of the shots being fired) allow a rapid response to the scene of the gunfire, increase arrests rates, improve officer safety, secure witnesses and evidence, and enhance follow-up investigations. Based on Fresno Police crime data, only 29.79% of gunfire is reported to the department without ShotSpotter. The ful...
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