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Flock OS and ALPRs $150,000
Toledo Police Department
Lt. Brianne Holmes (x3203)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a three-year agreement for the purchase of Flock OS including 20 additional Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) for the Toledo Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $150,000 from the General Fund; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance authorizes the purchase for Flock OS including 20 additional Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) for the Toledo Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center. Flock OS integrates first and third party data across video, LPR, and audio to deliver real-time and retroactive intelligence to enhance the investigative abilities of law enforcement agencies. Flock OS centralizes evidence across the entire jurisdiction into a single, easy to use, cloud-based map. The consolidated platform was sent out for bid and Flock Group, Inc. was the lowest and best bidder.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a three-year agreement for the purchase of Flock OS including 20 additional Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) for Toledo Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Police and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That subject to annual appropriation the amount not to exceed $50,000 for year 1, $50,000 for year 2 and $50,000 year 3 of the agreement is authorized for expenditure from the General Fund Account Code 1001-52000-3381002STDSTD for the purchase identified in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw their warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $150,000 in payment of the obligations authorized above upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to timely purchase cameras for public safety.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: December 4, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: December 4, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor