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Rules committee removes small-business waiver, refers SFPD Real Time Investigation Center procurement using private gifts to full Board
Summary
The committee amended an ordinance so it would no longer waive San Francisco’s small-business preference (Chapter 14B) before sending the measure to the full Board. The change concerns procurement of equipment and services for the Police Department’s Real Time Investigation Center using gifts from the San Francisco Police Community Foundation.
The San Francisco Rules Committee on Monday amended and referred to the full Board an ordinance that would waive competitive-solicitation requirements for the Police Department’s procurement of equipment, technology and services for the Real Time Investigation Center (RTIC) using gift funds from the San Francisco Police Community Foundation.
Commander Tom McGuire of the San Francisco Police Department Investigations Bureau told the committee the RTIC provides live information to officers, has supported more than 500 arrests in 2024, helps manage vehicle pursuits and locate missing persons, and depends on modern…
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