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Smyrna examines police technology purchases and applies for COPS hiring grant for five officers
Summary
Council heard requests to buy police vehicle routers and to renew radio/dispatch service agreements, to adopt a BlueTeam reporting system, and to submit a COPS hiring grant application that would fund up to five new officers if awarded.
At the June workshop, police and IT staff outlined both equipment and software requests and a federal hiring grant application.
Carl (staff presenting) described a request to buy 46 Cradlepoint routers (for police vehicle data connections) through T‑Mobile; he said the routers are available at a promotional price and that the department plans to purchase service through T‑Mobile. Carl said the department previously used tablet SIM‑based connections but returned to vehicle routers after performance problems.
Chief (po…
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