Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Guernsey County Sheriff’s Department is in need of any surplus/vehicle equipment. Providing the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Department with any equipment would greatly improve their agency’s operations as well as increase officer safety, productivity, and communication. This equipment will give their officers access to basic law enforcement tools resulting in more effective patrols on the throughways connecting their community with ours.
Officer Greg Colarich, Technical Services Bureau within the Division of Police has identified thirty (30) Panasonic Toughbooks, thirty (30) Toughbook Mounts, and twenty (20) Blue & Red Light Bars that can be donated to the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Department. The Panasonic Toughbooks have reached their end-of-life and have since been replaced with new Fujitsu laptops. The Toughbooks currently fail to meet the minimum specifications for the Columbus Division of Police and would offer minimal value to any other City of Columbus agency given the current technology platform already in use throughout the city. The Division of Police and the Department of Technology have no plans to relocate the Toughbooks or their mounts for any future City of Columbus technology initiative. The light bars that are to be donated do not fit the current Columbus Division of Police cruiser platform since the police fleet has been upgraded. Fleet Management has determined that there is no need or plan for future deployment of these light bars.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is requested in order for the Guernsey County Sheriff's Department to improve their agency's operation.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for new cruisers and equipment has been accounted for in the Special Income Tax Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Public Safety to donate to the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Department thirty Panasonic Toughbooks, thirty Toughbooks Mounts, and twenty Blue & Red Light Bars which...
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