City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/11/2018
TITLE:
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Purchase of Six Panasonic Toughbook Computers for New Patrol Vehicles
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FROM:
Travis Walker, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve the purchase of six Panasonic Toughbook Tablet Computers for newly acquired Police Patrol vehicles.
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BACKGROUND:
The Cathedral City Police Department recently acquired six new Police Patrol vehicles for use in patrolling our community. As part of equipping these vehicles with the necessary technology to make them ready for use in the field, the Department needs to install six new Panasonic Toughbook Tablet Computers.
DISCUSSION:
The Cathedral City Police Department, along with representatives from the City’s Management Information System Department (MIS), have fully researched the Panasonic Toughbook Tablets and find that they will serve the Department’s future technological growth with our Computer Aided Dispatching System. These tablets will be used by officers to send and receive law enforcement sensitive information, generate crime reports, and efficiently perform a variety of other tasks while deployed in the field. After researching several vendors, Staff selected CDWG based on lowest price.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total cost of $34,915.25 for six (6) systems will be expensed to:
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255-5026-6947 - |
$10,000.00 - |
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Donation. |
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100-312-8221 - |
$24,915.25 - |
Operating Budget, due to a reallocation of the existing Budget. |
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