R2009-91 AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SYSTEMS

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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM 09-30 TO: Ryan McCrady,City Manager Jerry Bauer,Asst. City Manager FROM: James A.Anderson,Chief of Police James R.Chervinko,Deputy Chief of P li � SUBJECT: Weed and Seed Equipment Purchase(Two Surveillance Video Systems @ $12,200 .00 each)W/REIMBURSMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF JiJSTICE SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: The Decatur Police Department's portion of the Weed and Seed Grant(Year In.According to the grant,all personnel costs and equipment purchases are on a reimbursement basis. The Department of Justice has again approved the purchase of two video camera surveillance systems cosNng$12,200.00 each for a total of$24,400.00. They will be placed in strategic locations in the Weed and Seed site. The two surveillance systems will be purchased using the Police Department Small Capital Line Item and then the City will be reimbursed by the Department of Justice.Last year,two video camera surveillance systems were purchased in the same manner. BACKGROUND: With the acquisition of the Weed and Seed Grant(Year In,the Decatur Police Department seeks to use the grant funds in accordance with the rules and regulations set by the Department of JusNce.The Decatur Police Department strongly feels that having proactive officers in the Weed and Seed Site is our best opportunity to deter and/or reduce violent crime. Therefore,the Anti-Crime Team (ACT) has been allotted funding overtime reimbursement to conduct proactive enforcement measures and community policing initiatives in the designated Weed and Seed Site.$25,000.00 has been authorized for police equipment to be used directly in the Weed and Seed Site. Last year(Weed and Seed Grant Year n,two video camera surveillance systems were purchased from Vision Controls. Vision Controls was recently purchased by Paragon Development Systems(PDS). We are currently using PDS hardware and software on our two camera systems. The camera systems are highly overt,bullet resistant digital camera systems with full color, remotely controlled with optical and digital zoom capabilities. High quality digital video and still digital images can be retrieved from the systems for a period of 45+days.The remote control function is"pass work protected"and internet based which allows viewing from several offices at Decatur Police Department. The two additional surveillance systems will be purchased from the Police Departments Small Capital Line Item and the City will then be reimbursed by the Department of Justice,Office of Justice Programs,Community Capacity Development Office.