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Syracuse Police present several contracts: canine dental emergency payment, drone software oversight, county crisis outreach MOU and Le Moyne College analyst MO

5455812 · July 23, 2025
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Syracuse Police presented multiple contract and intergovernmental items including a paid emergency dental procedure for a K-9, supervisory and reporting requirements for drone software, a continuation of a county-funded crisis outreach program and a one-year MOU with Le Moyne College for a grant-funded crime analyst.

The Syracuse Police Department briefed the Syracuse Common Council on several agreements covering animal medical costs, drone software and oversight, crisis outreach services with Onondaga County, and a memorandum of understanding with Le Moyne College for a grant-funded crime analyst.

Deputy Chief Rich Shofors said the department sought authorization to pay $8,310 for emergency dental services already performed on a police K-9. “This medical procedure being an emergency has already been performed for a total of, dollars 8,310,” Shofors told the council.

The department also presented an agreement with Accent Enterprises related to drone (first-responder) software and clarified internal oversight: the department inserted language that supervisory monitoring would be required and that “Lieutenant or higher will be listen[ing] to the radio at all times,” with annual reporting to the Common…

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