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DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: C. LEE WEIGEL, CHIEF OF POLICE
PUBLIC HEARING ON USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
RECOMMENDATION:
it is recommended that the City Council hold a public hearing to discuss the allocation of
Federal Law Enforcement Block Grant funds for the purchase of fifty four(54)mobile data
computers and associated radio equipment,and the computerization of our Police Records
system.
BACKGROUND:
In FY 1998/99, a Block Grant of$134,337 was received, which was earmarked for the
addition of mobile data computers in the patrol cars. For FY 1999/2000, an additional
Grant of $130,737 has been applied for, but not yet received. Mobile data computers
(MDCs) will improve officers' ability to check for wanted persons, stolen vehicles and to
receive calls for service directly on their in-car computer. Departments which have been
using mobile data systems have found as much as a 50% increase in the recovery of
stolen vehicles. There has also been a similar increase in the apprehension of individuals
with arrest warrants.
Over the past three years, both State and Federal Block Grant funds have been used to
improve the department's records management system and begin implementation of the
mobile data computers(MDCs). Projected on or about September 20, 1999,anew records
management system(RMS)and computer assisted dispatch(CAD)system will go on line.
Last year's (fiscal year 1998199), $134,337 and this year's (fiscal year 1999/2000)
$130,737 Federal Block Grant funds will be used to complete the purchase and
implementation of the mobile data computer(MDC) program for patrol vehicles.
A public hearing is one requirement of these Grants. We will return to Council for approval
to spend the funds when a vendor has been identified for mobile data computers and
associated radio equipment and the Records system computerization.
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C. LetWeigel
Chief of Poll
APPROVED:
City Ma Pager
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MINUTE ORDER NO. 6492
APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS AWARDED TO THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS, FOR THE PURCHASE
OF MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS AND
COMPUTERIZATION OF POLICE
RECORDS.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving the allocation of Federal Law
Enforcement Block Grant Funds awarded to the City of Palm Springs, for the purchase
of mobile data computers and computerization of police records, was adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the
15th day of September, 1999.
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PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk
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