Council approves COPS allocation resolutions to fund traffic enforcement equipment and in‑car cameras

Chief Reel told the council the department is seeking renewal of federal COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) allocation funding to purchase traffic and safety enforcement equipment, reinstate in‑car video systems and add radios and training computers. “Traffic enforcement is always going to be one of those quality‑of‑life concerns… These are tools being purchased via the grant that are gonna help us accomplish that,” Chief Reel said. Council adopted the resolutions associated with the grant request. Staff said the in‑car video systems had been phased out previously when a system reached end of life; the grant would allow the department to return cameras to patrol vehicles, add lidar and radar enforcement tools and expand radio capacity and training hardware. The motions to adopt the resolutions carried 4–0.