To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: JOE HOFFMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
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APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH VECTOR RESOURCES, INC. TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL SIXTEEN ADDITIONAL CITY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND PROVIDE SYSTEM-WIDE CAMERA MAINTENANCE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $125,733.50 FOR THE TERM OCTOBER 5, 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2014, the City of Redondo Beach entered into an agreement with Vector Resources, Inc. for the installation and regular maintenance of surveillance cameras at the Police Department and City Hall. The surveillance cameras provide live video of the Police Department parking lot, jail facility as well as the City Hall parking lot. Upon approval of this Agreement, additional surveillance cameras will be added to the Pier / Harbor area, Police Department, Public Works and City Hall. Additionally, Vector Resources, Inc. will conduct regular and routine maintenance of the camera systems for the duration of the Agreement.
BACKGROUND
In August of 2021 the previous agreement with Vector Resources, Inc. expired. The Agreement was for the ongoing maintenance of the sixty-one existing surveillance cameras for the Police Department facility and some City Hall locations. The Police Department seeks to enter into a new agreement with Vector Resources, Inc. to purchase and install an additional sixteen surveillance cameras. The addition of these surveillance cameras will improve the safety and situational awareness of employees and visitors to City facilities.
The Police Department continues to have the ability to monitor, view, record and retain for evidence video from the new and existing surveillance cameras. Video data is stored for thirty days and then automatically purged from the system, unless specifically retained as evidence. The approval of this Agreement also includes three years of system-wide maintenance on the seventy-seven new and existing surveillance cameras.
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