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Public Safety Committee Looks at $3.5 Million Upgrade to Police Dispatch, Records System

Support for current system will end later this year

Published on Monday, November 16, 2020 | 5:00 am
 

The City Council’s Public Safety Committee will discuss allowing the city manager to enter into a $3.5 million five-year contract with Versaterm Inc., which would provide software, and support services for a replacement computer-aided police dispatch and records management system.

“For the past 11 years, PPD has relied on a suite of Public Safety Technology products and services acquired through the West Covina Services Group (WCSG), including computer aided dispatch, a mobile data system records management system,” a city staff report explains.

Computer-aided dispatch manages the response of first responders and all field-based police resources.

But WCSG is discontinuing all of its product support by the end of 2021. It was not immediately known whether product support could be provided by another company.

Versaterm has contracts with police departments in Anaheim, Bakersfield, Fullerton and Inglewood.

“PPD relies on the RMS [Records Management System] for the creation, storage and administration of official police records, such as crime reports, investigative reports, court documents, and criminal histories,” according to the report. “Both systems must be highly dependable and efficient in order to ensure the delivery of critical law enforcement services. 

“Additionally,” the report continues, “these systems are used for jail booking records and prisoner management, property and evidence inventory management, crime analysis, and case management for detectives. Together, the CAD [Computer Aided Dispatch] and RMS system allows for strategic and tactical decision-making through the access of critical information, and provides complete, instantaneous situational awareness.”

This is the second time this year that City Manager Steve Mermell has asked to enter into a contract to replace outdated technology in the Police Department.

In April, the council approved a $420,000 upgrade for the department’s failing helicopter camera system.

According to the report, “the Police Department spends an average of $40,000 in annual maintenance, with components for cameras that “often fail due to age, corrosion, and long-term use.”

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