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FEDRAC forwards acceptance of DHS-funded throwbot for bomb squad to council
Summary
The committee recommended forwarding a Department of Homeland Security grant subaward from Seattle Police to accept one Recon Robotics throwable robot (valued at $18,120) for the Federal Way Police Department bomb disposal unit to the June 3 consent agenda.
Federal Way’s committee on May 27 voted to forward to the June 3 consent agenda a proposal for the police department to accept a Department of Homeland Security subaward: a Recon Robotics throwable robot (a “throwbot”) offered by the Seattle Police Department, valued at $18,120.
Deputy Chief Kyle Sumter summarized the funding pathway and the device’s operational use, saying the device would be assigned to the department’s bomb disposal unit and used to inspect suspicious packages and locations remotely. “It weighs a pound or 2. ... It listens, it looks, and it feeds back to the team that’s back here out of harm’s way,” Sumter said.
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