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Law enforcement urges involvement as Board considers victim-notification contract
Summary
Public commenters from Las Vegas Metro and Washoe County urged participation in the evaluation of a victim-notification contract; state officials said law enforcement was invited to the review committee and that the Committee on Domestic Violence will oversee post-award planning.
At the March 11 meeting of the State of Nevada Board of Examiners, public commenters representing Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Washoe County Sheriff's Office asked to be more involved in the procurement and implementation of the state's victim notification service.
"We weren't involved with the evaluation of the bidding process," said Josh Martinez, identifying himself as representing the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. "We roughly contribute between 46,000 and 50,000 to the process for that notification system. The current notification system provides us greater reach to other jurisdictions to make sure that the victims are receiving a proper notification."
Jason Walker of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office echoed that law enforcement would like to be "a participant in the thought process" and said he preferred the previous "VINE" forms used for notification.
Teresa Benitez Thompson, speaking for Attorney General Aaron Ford's office, told the board that the procurement process invited law enforcement participation and that a member from Las Vegas Metro had been invited to the review panel but ultimately could not participate. She said the procurement is led by the Committee on Domestic Violence and that operational work, training and data integration with law enforcement and community partners would begin once the notice of intent to award is issued.
"This process is led and overseen by the Committee on Domestic Violence," Benitez Thompson said. "... Most important would be though with the notice of intent to award, the actual work with our partners, our community partners, and our law enforcement partners will begin once we get this."
The contract at issue was part of a larger batch of contracts considered under agenda item 8. The board approved contracts 1 through 33 by voice vote.
