Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Shawnee Police Department is in need of any surplus/vehicle equipment. Providing the Shawnee Police 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 eight (8) Panasonic Toughbooks, four (4) Toughbook Mounts/Stands, four (4) Direction Arrows, four (4) control Boxes, four (4) Siren Boxes, four (4) Center Consoles, four (4) Shotgun Racks, and four (4) Blue & Red Light Bars that can be donated to the Shawnee Police 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 within 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/stands for any future City of Columbus technology initiative. The light bars, control boxes, siren boxes, center consoles, and shotgun racks 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.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact to the city from the donation of these items.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Public Safety to donate to the Shawnee Police Department Panasonic Toughbooks, Toughbooks Mounts/Stands, Directional Arrows, Control Boxes, Siren Boxes, Center Consoles, S...
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