Consent 8.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Sheriff
- Meeting Date:
- 04/08/2014
- Title:
- Radar Grant
- Submitted By:
- Mark Genz, County Sheriff
- Department:
- County Sheriff
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature NOT Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
0
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Mark Genz
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Commander
Docket Number (If applicable):
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve the acceptance of a donation to the Sheriff's Office for 50 Kustom Signals Inc. Golden Eagle II radar units to verify speed of vehicles.
Background:
Radar units are used by the Sheriff's Office to verify speed of vehicles traveling on our roadways and conduct enforcement activity. Over the years the Sheriff's Office has been able to replace/upgrade some radar units through the use of grant money. This is a slow process and a number of our radar units are becoming old and inoperable.
Every year the Sheriff's Office has the radar units' accuracy verified by a private company that comes to Cochise County and verifies the units are accurately measuring the speed of the target vehicles as well as operating correctly in terms of all lights, buttons ect. As these units get older, the verification identifies repairs that must be made to the older radars. These repairs can become costly and are not controllable. The option is to get the equipment fixed or take it out of service.
Taking these radars out of service diminishes the ability of our deputies to enforce traffic laws and keep our roadways safe.
The new radars will require the yearly calibration checks as before but will substatialy reduce the cost of this process because they will not need repairs.
These radars were purchased by a private donor and have been shipped to the Sheriff's Office.
Every year the Sheriff's Office has the radar units' accuracy verified by a private company that comes to Cochise County and verifies the units are accurately measuring the speed of the target vehicles as well as operating correctly in terms of all lights, buttons ect. As these units get older, the verification identifies repairs that must be made to the older radars. These repairs can become costly and are not controllable. The option is to get the equipment fixed or take it out of service.
Taking these radars out of service diminishes the ability of our deputies to enforce traffic laws and keep our roadways safe.
The new radars will require the yearly calibration checks as before but will substatialy reduce the cost of this process because they will not need repairs.
These radars were purchased by a private donor and have been shipped to the Sheriff's Office.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Upon approval, the Sheriff's Office will work with fleet maintenance to get the radar equipment installed in vehicles that currently do not have radars or have older radars that need to be taken out of service due to the cost of keeping them operable.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
If not approved, the Sheriff's Office will have to continue to pay for repairs on older radars or take them out of service. Taking them out of service diminishes the ability of the Sheriff's Office to conduct traffic enforcement on our roadways in an effort to decrease fatalities, injuries and property damage.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
N/A
Attachments
No file(s) attached.