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Cathedral City Council approves FARO 3D scanner purchase for police investigations using SLESF and council district funds
Summary
The City Council approved spending to buy a FARO Focus 3D scanner and a Dell workstation to enable Cathedral City police to document crime scenes in-house; the scanner and workstation cost about $81,481 in total, funded by two council district contributions and a state supplemental law-enforcement account allocation.
The Cathedral City City Council on Jan. 8 approved the police department’s purchase of a FARO Focus 3D laser scanner and a Dell computer workstation to support in-house crime-scene documentation and reduce reliance on outside agencies.
Commander Enos told the council that the FARO scanner can quickly capture crime-scene geometry and, combined with a 360-degree camera and the vendor’s software, can produce three-dimensional renderings useful for investigations and courtroom…
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