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<br />Item No: 08G <br />Meeting Date: August 9, 2010 <br />Type of Business: CA <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Thomas Kinney, Deputy Police Chief <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 7656, Acceptance of Office of Traffic Safety In- <br />Car Video Camera Grant Award <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The Office of Traffic Safety, a division of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, <br />offered an in-car video camera grant to law enforcement agencies across the state. The <br />Mounds View Police Department submitted an application requesting two squad video <br />cameras to outfit our two squad cars currently not equipped with cameras. Due to a high <br />volume of requests, our application was reduced to an award for one video camera. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The Mounds View Police Department currently equips five of our marked squad cars with <br />the Digital Ally DVM 750 digital camera system. The purchase of an additional camera will <br />increase the total inventory of in-car video cameras to six. This grant award is for a <br />matching Digital Ally DVM 750 camera unit so as to be compatible with our existing <br />equipment. This camera unit sells for approximately $4295.00 through Tactical Solutions, <br />the local distributor for Digital Ally. A condition of the grant award is for the law enforcement <br />agency to provide local matching funds of $300.00 to the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association, <br />who has been designated to coordinate the purchase and distribution of the cameras. Up <br />to $200.00 of those matching funds can be used for the installation of the camera unit. The <br />installation will be handled by our existing squad car set up company, PCS Safety <br />Systems. The remaining $100.00 would be required to be paid to the Minnesota Sheriff’s <br />Association. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends the acceptance of the grant award for one Digital Ally DVM-750 video <br />camera with the condition of local matching funds of $300.00, of which $200.00 may be <br />used for the cost of installation. The total cost required by the city for payment to the <br />Minnesota Sheriff’s Association is $100.00. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />__________________ <br />Thomas Kinney <br />Deputy Police Chief <br /> <br />