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Department: Police
Director: Ed Drain, Police Chief
Agenda Item: Drone as First Responder Program for the Plano Police Department
Recommended Action: Purchase from an Existing Contract
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Item Summary
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Consideration to approve the purchase of the Drone as First Responder Program for a five (5) year contract for the Police Department in the estimated amount of $1,439,864 from Motorola Solutions, Inc. through an existing contract; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (Texas Department of Information Resources Cooperative Contract No. DIR-CPO-5433)
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Background
Recommendation
The Police Department recommends approval of a contract award to Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI), utilizing Texas Department of Information Resources Cooperative Contract No. DIR-CPO-5433 in the estimated amount of $1,439,864 for implementation and support of the Plano Police Department's Drone as First Responder (DFR) program.
MSI is uniquely positioned to provide this solution due to its ownership and support of several mission-critical technologies already utilized by the City of Plano, including the CAPE software platform for DFR flight operations and live video streaming, the CommandCentral Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS) used by the Police Department for digital evidence management, and the CommandCentral Aware situational awareness platform currently deployed within both the Police Department's Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) and the City's Public Safety Communications Department for monitoring the locations of P25 public safety radios carried by first responders.
Procurement of both the hardware and software components of the DFR program through MSI will maximize interoperability and collaboration between DFR operators, command staff, support personnel, dispatchers, and field responders. Implementing a DFR solution that is fully integrated with the CommandCentral ecosystem also protects prior technological investm...
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