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Council approves purchase of Getac vehicle computers for police fleet; financing structured as three-year 0% carry with $1 buyout
Summary
Council unanimously approved item 6.5 to replace in‑car computers with Getac units tied to the new CAD/RMS; unit cost presented as $5,815 (hardware $3,114 plus mounts/software/installation), 5-year expected life, and a 3‑year 0% payment structure with $1 end-of-term purchase.
The Lubbock City Council on April 22 approved purchase and deployment of Getac vehicle computers for the police fleet, replacing older in‑car units to support a recently upgraded CAD/RMS system.
IT and public-safety staff explained the total per‑unit cost is $5,815, of which $3,114 is the hardware unit; the remainder covers mounting systems, preloaded software and the labor to remove old units and install new ones. “The actual unit of the laptop is $3,114. The remainder of that cost that goes with them is the preloaded software that's necessary on them,”…
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