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<br /> <br />INFORMATION <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Jeffrey A. Beahen, Police Chief <br /> <br />DATE: April 2, 2007 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: CEDAP Grant Award <br /> <br />In September of 2006, the Police Department applied for a Homeland Security Commercial <br />Equipment Direct Assistance Program grant. The equipment we were trying to obtain was a <br />Search and Surveillance Fiber Optic Scope Kit made by the Optim Corporation. <br /> <br />The police department has a need for this device for utilization during SWAT events, <br />speciftcally those incidents in which a view of internal rooms or interior areas is needed prior <br />to team entry. It offers pre-entry intelligence and full view of the area prior to the team <br />entry. It can also be used to search hidden compartments on vehicles or suspected <br />contraband locations and it is compatible with our night vision equipment and camera <br />systems. <br /> <br />For fue/rescue applications it would be made available to the fue department for building <br />collapses, conftned space rescue, or other emergency situations. <br /> <br />The device obtained through this grant would have cost the department $6,495. The <br />training, lodging and transportation costs up to $4,000 will also be paid for by the <br />Department of Homeland Security, making the total award of the grant at $10,495. (There is <br />no cost to the City to receive the equipment.) <br />