Fiscal Note
This grant will be accounted for in a segregated fund (SG35). There is no effect on the Expenditure Restraint Program or the levy.
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Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to accept a grant award from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Department of Community Oriented Policing Services, in the amount of $493,614 for the implementation of technology initiatives for law enforcement.
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WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department, since 2000, has received several Congressional earmarks for technology related projects; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has used these Congressional earmarks to implement technology projects that have provided improved radio communications for patrol officers and greater access to information and photos by way of laptop computers installed in squad cars; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department today has used Federal grant dollars awarded subsequent to these Congressional earmarks to install "in car video and audio" in all marked and most unmarked squad cars thereby enhancing officer safety and reassuring the community as to the quality of service being delivered by the department; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has created a "regional" approach for public safety technology projects by using Federal grant dollars to purchase core technology infrastructure, (hardware and software), that today is being shared by the Dane County 911 Communications Center, the Dane County Sheriff's Department, and several other city, town and village police departments in Dane County; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department, through a FY2006 Congressional earmark, received notice that a grant will be awarded from the United States Department of Justice COPS Technology Office in the amount of $493,614 for further regional public safety technology initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department intends to use this Federal grant to further expand the regional records management ...
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