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Committee advances $772,000 in DPD equipment and technology purchases, commander says refurbishment will improve safety
Summary
The committee forwarded a $350,000 refurbishment of the DPD bomb-disposal vehicle, 87 in-vehicle laptops ($182,000) and a $240,000 mass-notification system to the council; Commander Ian Severy and Robert Mullen described operational benefits.
The Detroit Public Health and Safety Standing Committee forwarded three public-safety technology and equipment purchases to the City Council with recommendations to approve.
Commander Ian Severy of the Detroit Police Department told the committee the refurbishment for the bomb-disposal vehicle will "put us in a fantastic spot to be able to accomplish our goals, for any kind of render safe operation in response to any suspicious packages." Robert Mullen, director of public-safety IT for the CTRI IT department, described the in-vehicle laptops as hardware to display CAD runs, ShotSpotter alerts and license-plate reads within DPD vehicles and said the mass-notification system will allow municipal geofenced alerts that the national system does not provide.
Committee members asked whether a department representative could speak; the committee promoted Commander Severy to speak remotely and received responses from Mullen. After discussion, items 6.24 (McQueen Equipment, $350,000), 6.25 (87 laptops, $182,000) and 6.26 (mass-notification system, $240,000) were advanced to the council's formal new business docket with recommendations to approve.
Ending: The purchases will next appear before the full City Council for final action; the committee record includes DPD testimony that the equipment will support render-safe operations and improve in-field data access for officers.
