DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliot
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACT: Citywide
SUBJECT: SAPD Body Worn Camera Technology Solution
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing a contract with TASER International, Inc. for an initial five year term with options to extend for three additional one year terms to provide the San Antonio Police Department with a Body Worn Camera Technology Solution in an amount up to $16,616,950.52 for approximately 2,200 body camera systems over a two year deployment cycle that includes hardware, storage requirements, training and expert testimony funded from the previously awarded U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant and the FY 2016 General Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Current events across the nation have brought body worn cameras to the forefront in policing and the subject of significant discussion in the law enforcement and civil liberties communities. The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) has always sought to be proactive and adaptive to new technologies as they become available.
In November 2010, SAPD / ITSD launched COBAN mobile video and voice recording equipment installed in 28 DWI specific vehicles. Since then, SAPD / ITSD have deployed the COBAN in car video system into 651 marked patrol vehicles and helicopters and 25 motorcycle units. This equipment has the capability to gather video evidence as a recording of officer and citizen interaction from the perspective of the patrol vehicle. SAPD now seeks to outfit downtown bike patrol, parks police and patrol officers with body worn camera technology.
The SAPD conducted a pilot test of body cameras during 2014. Upon completion of the pilot test program and the presentation of findings to the City Council the Police Department, with the Purchasing Division of Finance, developed and released a Request for Sealed Competitive Bids (RFCSP) on April 6, 2015 with a submission deadline of April 27, 2015. The solicitatio...
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