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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the Twentieth Amendment to Agreement No. 23214 with CompuDyne Public Safety & Justice, Inc. (formerly known as Tiburon, Inc.), to provide an Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Historical Redisplay upgrade and site license for the existing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system in an amount not to exceed $57,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 5, 1993, the City Council authorized Agreement No. 23214 with Tiburon, Inc., now CompuDyne Public Safety & Justice, Inc., (CompuDyne) for the purchase of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management System (RMS) software and maintenance for the Police and Fire Departments. That Agreement has been amended several times to provide for customization of software, annual maintenance, and most recently, to add CAD access to the Airport security operations.
The CompuDyne CAD software is a mission critical application used by the Police and Fire Departments to process calls for service from the public and manage field resources. The calls for service and field activity data captured by CAD is also used for planning activities relative to staffing, crime analysis and Homeland security. The CAD system is also used to support the Signal Hill Police Department and security operations at the Long Beach Airport.
The Long Beach Police Department, in conjunction with the Long Beach Fire Department and the Technology Services Department, would like to upgrade the existing CAD system with an Automatic Vehicle Location enhancement that will provide added capabilities for tracking Police Department field unit activity on digital map displays within Police Communications. The proposed AVL upgrade will leverage existing Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, existing digital mapping and current air card connectivity for a very cost effective system deployment.
Currently, Patrol field units are equipped with a GPS unit that maps their specific unit location on the digital m...
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