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Peoria council approves purchase of 75 mobile data computers for police
Summary
Council approved a mid-year budget amendment to buy 75 mobile data computers (MDCs) to assign devices to individual patrol, police service and animal control officers to reduce downtime, speed logins and improve accountability.
Peoria Mayor and City Council voted 7-0 Aug. 5 to approve a budget amendment to buy 75 mobile data computers for Peoria police personnel. The amendment, presented during agenda item 21R, funds the department’s plan to move from vehicle-based devices to personnel-assigned laptops.
City Manager Henry Darwin introduced the item and Police Chief Thomas Intriere and Deputy Chief Douglas Steele made the presentation. Chief Thomas Intriere said the department’s existing vehicle-assigned devices have slowed as multiple user profiles accumulated and that officers sometimes “have to search from vehicle to vehicle to find an MDC just so they can…
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