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Daytona Beach CRA approves security contract increase, funds six‑month downtown police detail
Summary
The Daytona Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Nov. 5 approved a $9,000 increase to a private security contract and unanimously authorized a six‑month pilot adding a randomized 20‑hour‑per‑week police detail to supplement downtown security.
The Daytona Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Nov. 5 voted unanimously to approve the third amendment to the Innovative Policing Unarmed Uniform Security Guard Services agreement with First Coast Security Services Inc., increasing the contract ceiling from $125,000 to $134,000 and authorizing the mayor (as CRA chair) and the city clerk to execute the amendment.
The CRA also approved a separate motion to fund a six‑month pilot program that will add a randomized 20‑hour‑per‑week police detail to supplement the existing unarmed private security team downtown. The pilot is intended to test whether a regular sworn‑officer presence reduces calls for service and disorder; the cost for six months was estimated at roughly $34,000 to be paid from CRA funds.
Why it matters: downtown merchants and residents have reported fights, drug paraphernalia and other public‑safety concerns…
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