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The Department utilized a committee process to research and form recommendations pertaining to the use of the funds from the Technology Grant. All recommendations support line level law enforcement functions and serve to enhance public safety. RECOMMENDED EXPENDITURES Alternate Light Source: $15,000 The purchase of an alternate light source would greatly enhance our departinent's ability to locate certain types of evidence that cannot be seen by the naked eye. Patrol officers and investigators could transport this portable piece of equipment to a crime scene and use it to identify where items of evidentiary value were located. Once officers are able to locate potential evidence they can use more conventional techniques to collect and package the evidence for transportation to a crime lab for further evaluation. Satellite Cell Phones: $3,000 In order to be prepared for a potential disaster, such as a major earthquake, fire, train derailment, or terrorist attack, we believe it would be prudent to purchase four (4) satellite cell phones. These phones would give our command staff the capacity to communicate during an emergency even if all regular phone communications were inoperative and allow for critical decisions to be made in a timely manner. The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department has been using satellite phones for several years and our purchase of these kinds of phones will additionally allow us to directly communicate with the Fire Department even if regular radio transmissions are incapacitated. F.A.T.S. Machine AR15 Rifle and Software: $10,000 We need to upgrade our firearms training system (FATS) to include an AR15 rifle attachment. Last year our department transitioned our entire patrol fleet from standard shotguns to AR15 rifles in an effort to provide a more accurate weapon to protect our police officers and the general public. The FATS training system we currently have installed in our briefing room needs a specially designed AR15 rifle so that our officers can receive the proper training in the deployment and use of the weapon. New and improved software would also be purchased to provide new training scenarios. The rifle will cost approximately $6,300 and the updated software will be about $3,500. Field Evidence Kits: $2,500 Based upon a recommendation of our equipment committee we would like to purchase individual evidence kits for each officer on patrol. This would ensure each officer has the SR:02:133 Page 2