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Police department proposes evidence storage upgrade and radio replacement funded by SPLOST; council hears details
Summary
Peachtree City staff presented SPLOST-funded plans to install rolling-rack evidence storage ($67,442.92) and complete a digital radio replacement for patrol SRT units ($74,237.35) to standardize department communications; council asked questions about locations and quantity of radios.
Peachtree City police staff presented two capital items funded with SPLOST dollars: a long-term rolling-rack evidence storage system (Space Saver / Patterson Pope) at a quoted material and installation cost of $67,442.92, and the final tranche of a digital radio replacement project (transition to Kenwood radios) costing $74,237.35.
Police and facilities staff explained the evidence-room project is intended to increase secure capacity, allow reconfiguration of the current evidence room and avoid moving evidence offsite. Staff told council Space Saver holds a Georgia state contract and Patterson Pope is the local installer.
On the radio project, staff said the purchase will complete the police department’s migration from legacy Motorola equipment to a unified Kenwood digital platform; Fayette County dispatch and radio personnel can program and maintain the Kenwood units moving forward. Council members asked how many radios were included (staff answered: 13 additional radios) and whether evidence storage would remain on-site (staff said the existing evidence room will be reconfigured, not relocated). No formal vote was taken at the workshop; staff will include both items in the upcoming agenda packet for action.
