STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: September 11, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
EXECUTIVE: Dominique Artis
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year service contract for the purchase of gunshot detection equipment and services for the Police Department - Crime Gun Intelligence Technologies, LLC, sole source - Not to exceed $336,362.00 - Financing: Communications Services Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This three-year service contract will provide for the purchase of gunshot detection equipment and services for the Police Department. The Dallas Police Department (DPD) will utilize this equipment to detect gunshot events in targeted areas of the City. The equipment will alert DPD personnel to possible shooting events and provide audio recordings and event location within seconds for DPD personnel verification. This verification will increase the accuracy of the gunshot event before dispatching officers to the area for response, saving critical officers time. Due to the system's real-time alerting capabilities, DPD will be able to respond to actual gunshot events and collect evidence, such as bullet casings, and witness statements rapidly before the evidence is destroyed or lost.
Equipment being purchased through this contract will be strategically and inconspicuously deployed in areas of the City with high levels of reported or actual gunshot activity. The devices can geolocate suspected gunshot activity to within a few meters. The system's advanced technology can distinguish between the sound of fireworks, automotive engine backfires, and similar sounds and that of actual gunshots.
This gunshot detection equipment is uniquely capable of being easily depl...
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