III(B) Approval and Authorization to Purchase Crime View Crime Analysis Package software with Grant Money in the Amount of $25,995.00 from Block Grant received for fiscal year 01/02 Agenda 7-16-2002
Item III B
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners
FROM: Steve Goclon, Acting Chief of Police 4..1C
DATE: June 12, 2002
SUBJECT: CRIME VIEW CRIME ANALYSIS PACKAGE SOFTWARE
STAFF REPORT
ISSUE
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the purchase of Crime View Crime
Analysis Package software in the amount of$25,995 with Grant Money from the Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant received for fiscal year 01/02.
DISCUSSION
The Ocoee Police Department applied for and received from the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant funding
in the amount of $38,661 which requires a 10% match from the city for a total amount of$42,960. The
application program involved the purchase of a computer and associated software for the Crime Analysis
position. The computer for this project was purchased earlier this year. Several individuals from our
department,along with the assistance of Information Services,began looking at different software that would
fit the application needs of our department as well as the required City network specifications that Information
Services provided. After reviewing several different software packages in use around the central Florida area,
it was determined that Crime Analysis software created by The Omega Group called Crime View would be
best suited for the application needs of the police department for analyzing crime within the City of Ocoee.
The police department is requesting that the Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners waive the bid process
as required in the City of Ocoee's purchasing manual and allow the police department to purchase the Crime
View Crime analysis Software from The Omega Group as a sole vendor of this software.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners approve this
request to purchase the Crime View Crime Analysis Program software with the Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant money and authorize the Mayor, City Attorney and City Clerk to execute any necessary service
contract.