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Baltimore outlines $11.7M plan to replace aging CAD system; officials warn procurement could take years
Summary
City IT officials told the Legislative Investigations Committee they have secured about $11.7 million in federal and state funds and $600,000 in FY26 hardware funding to begin replacing Baltimore’s 20-year-old CAD system, while council members pressed for interim protections and frequent procurement updates.
City technology officials told the Legislative Investigations Committee on Thursday that Baltimore has secured roughly $11.7 million in federal and state support and $600,000 in FY26 hardware funding to begin replacing the city’s aging computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system, but cautioned that selecting and implementing a vendor may take years.
"Having a reliable CAD system is a top priority for me and for my colleagues on this city council," Council President Zeke Koon said in introductory remarks. New Chief Information Officer TJ Mayotte told the panel the software is about 20 years old, that BCIT has identified more than 30 systems that must interoperate with a modern CAD, and that those integrations make procurement complex and time-consuming.
Mayotte said the administration has secured…
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