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• • • AGENDA ITEM 4B STAFF ORIGINATOR Kent Strege, Police Chief DATE March 28, 2011 TOPIC Consideration of Resolution No. 11 -39 supporting an Anoka County joint public safety data system and the associated legislation authorizing county level bonding. VOTES REQUIRED: Simple Majority BACKGROUND The request before you is to approve a resolution supporting the Anoka County Joint Law Enforcement Council (JLEC) coordination of a project that implements a collaborative public safety data system. This system will encompass data collection and processing for the county dispatch center, all law enforcement and fire agencies in Anoka County and the Anoka County Jail. This resolution also supports the bills in both the state House and Senate (HF 429 & SF 275 respectively). These bills modify current State Statute 383E.21 permitting the Anoka County Board to fund countywide public safety improvements and equipment via a countywide levy. The project levy would replace the expiring levy for the 800 MHz radio system and would be less than half the cost of that levy. No further project funds are being sought from the cities. Information points regarding the collaborative project: - The current records management system has been used since 1/1/2000 The current system is utilized by Law Enforcement agencies only Anoka County Dispatch, Law Enforcement, Fire, Jail, Emergency management and County Attorney's Office all utilize much of the same information but have their own systems leading to the need for duplicate entry of the same data and associated errors These errors have led to a nearly 3 times higher than average mismatch of data in the disparate systems causing inaccurate criminal history data. The first phase of the project is a needs assessment that has been funded by the JLEC and the Fire Prevention Council The levy will be a separate line item on taxpayer's statements No new funding from individual cities is being sought