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Police Ask Council to Authorize 911 System Upgrades

Published on Monday, March 26, 2012 | 11:25 am
 

The Pasadena City Council is expected to vote tonight on a Police Dept. recommendation to upgrade the 911 system used by the city. The upgrade would not directly cost the city a cent.

The police recommendation was submitted by Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez and authorized by City Manager Michael J. Beck.

Specifically, Sanchez is asking the City Council to approve participation in the completion of a Regional Interagency Next-Generation-ready 9-1-1 (RING) system, which will allow dispatchers to assist in answering calls for partner agencies, to answer their own calls at any of the partner agencies should the need arise, and to maintain and share a single auto-dial database thus theoretically improving and increasing the efficiency at which emergency calls are responded to.

In his dated March 26, 2012 presented to the City, Sanchez recommended entering a contract with AT&T to replace the existing customer premise equipment (CPE) with the Regional Interagency Next-Generation-ready service-based solution.

Should the RING project be implemented, the eight agencies currently due for upgrades are to be involved: Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, San Fernando, Sierra Madre, and Verdugo Fire Communications. This would be the first Phase in the project.

This phase alone is a $1.8 million project including five years of recurring network costs and maintenance.

The State 9-1-1 Office will be providing funding to Pasadena, which will be incorporated in the Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget, to contract with a consultant for the RING group during on-site implementation.

The overall RING System Statement of Work and any RING contracts related to payment will be signed by the State 9-1-1 Office. AT&T will be paid directly by the 9-1-1 Office with no funds passing through City accounts.

Pasadena’s portion of the project for five years beginning after system acceptance is expected to be at $333,233.60. The amount will be funded directly by the State 9-1-1 Office utilizing Pasadena’s allotment of California’s Emergency Telephone Number Account funds.

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