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Police grant to replace lidar and proposed body‑worn camera redaction fee advance to consent with requested refinements
Summary
Chief Lowe told the committee a $3,000 Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) grant will replace an existing lidar unit and that staff proposes adding a body‑worn camera redaction fee to the user‑fee schedule to recover costs; council asked staff to refine exemption language (journalists, researchers, defined advocacy groups) and confirm statutory treatment in a revised memo before consent.
Chief Lowe told the Public Safety and Human Services Committee on March 17 that the Redmond Police Department seeks acceptance of a $3,000 grant from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to replace one lidar speed‑enforcement device.
“It’s still lidar,” Lowe said, describing the purchase as a modernization of existing speed‑enforcement equipment rather than new functionality. He said the replaced unit will be decommissioned and disposed of according to electronic‑waste procedures.
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