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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments thereto with PIPS Technology, Inc., a Federal Signal Corporation company of Knoxville, TN (not an MBE, WBE, or SBE), for the purchase of up to 30 additional Mobile Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems and up to 12 fixed ALPR systems on the same terms and conditions afforded to the County of San Diego Sheriff’s Department under Contract No. 527866 in the total amount not to exceed $900,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) currently maintains a fleet of 12 mobile ALPR equipped vehicles. During the past five years that the ALPR systems have been deployed with LBPD and the Department of Public Works (PW), they have been effective in quickly identifying wanted vehicles and have proven to be an invaluable investigative resource to both officers and detectives. PW has been utilizing the system over the last two years for parking citation assistance in locating vehicles with Scofflaw violations, a registered vehicle owner with five or more violations.
The ALPR technology has been directly responsible for the recovery of over 1,814 stolen vehicles, 303 stolen vehicle arrests, and 190 other arrests. This technology has also assisted detectives in solving over 100 murder, kidnapping, robbery, shooting, and gang cases, in addition to providing leads in other types of investigations.
In June 2008, the Los Angeles/Long Beach Region Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Working Group and Approval Authority discussed and identified ALPR as a vetted Homeland Security asset. Their recommendation was submitted and approved by the State of California Emergency Management Agency and the United States Department of Homeland Security, and funds were allocated for this specific purchase. With this addition to the City's ALPR system, the City will enhance its technological resources in combating crime and protecting Homeland Security...
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