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Staff is recommending that we establish a budget for these funds as follows: Digital Evidence (In-squad Camera and Body Worn Camera (BWC) with supporting infrastructure): Staff is proposing allocating up to $200,000.00 for the replacement of all in-squad and BWCs to include the backend servers as well as other required infrastructure. Our current system is nearing its end of life and we are experiencing a higher rate of failures with our cameras. The software platform, Panasonic Arbitrator, will no longer be supported by the vendor in December 2024. As part of the Capital Replacement Plan, we are scheduled to replace our digital evidence system in 2025. If we do not use the Public Safety Aid funds for the replacement of our digital evidence system, we will need to budget $30,500 in the 2024 budget to cover the immediate replacement needs for the failing components. Use of the Public Safety Aid funds for this purchase would enable the removal of the Digital Evidence replacement from the 2025 Capital Replacement Plan, which is currently budgeted at $150,000. Public Safety Wellness: In the fall of 2022, the Public Safety Department engaged with Provicta to enhance our employee wellness programing to: • Improve individual employee health and wellness. • Reduce the number of work related injuries. • Reduce the costs for work related injuries sustained by employer. • Utilize a data driven approach to wellness program in the Public Safety Department. • Expand one-on-one programming to all Public Safety Department staff. The large group wellness training are conducted as part of our Public Safety Department meetings and are available to all staff. The one-on-one wellness programming started in January 2023 and has improved employee wellness amongst our police staff. At this time, the one-on-one wellness offerings are only available to our police staff because of the restriction on use of forfeiture dollars, which is the funding mechanism for these offerings to police staff. In order to provide the one-on-one wellness offerings to all Public Safety staff, I propose using up $100,000 of the Public Safety Aid to fund this important wellness programming. Organizational Crisis Planning & Preparedness: Staff is proposing to allocate up to $25,000 to engage with Axtell Group to develop an organizational crisis response plan and conduct a series of table top exercises across the organization.