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BACKGROUND State Assembly Bill 3229 signed by the governor on July 12th, 1996 added section 30061 of the Government Code establishing a statewide fund for allocation to local police agencies, referred to as the Citizens' Options for Public Safety Program. As required by the bill, the County of Alameda has established a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund and has established a committee to oversee and review the annual expenditures by local agencies from this fund. The funds are allocated to our City based on population. The City of Pleasanton has received an allocation of $128,371 for COPS Year 14 and $100,000 for COPS Year 15. Recommended Expenditures: As in prior years, input was solicited from members of the Police Department and submissions were reviewed by the department's Command Staff. As a result of this process, the Police Department recommends expenditures for the following items, which support front line law enforcement functions and serve to enhance public safety. The sum total of this list of expenditures is equal to $262,470 which includes the current balance of COPS Year 14, $131,329, including interest, the current balance of COPS Year 15, $101,390, including interest, and a roll-over sum of $29,751 from COPS Year 13. • Portable Commercial Scales $5,500 The purchase of portable scales would allow the Police Department's commercially trained enforcement officers the ability to weigh vehicles at the location of the enforcement stop. Overweight vehicles prematurely damage roadways, resulting in cracked and broken pavements, wheel grooving, and costly repairs paid for by the City of Pleasanton. Currently commercial enforcement officers have to either request an outside agency to respond or move the commercial vehicle from the original traffic enforcement stop to a location with available scales. • LIDAR Units with "Tailgating" Technology. $7,700 LIDAR units with built-in tailgating software will assist officers in targeting high collision areas for "following too close" violations. It is believed that in most rear-end collisions the primary collision factor is following too closely. Unfortunately the data for these types of collisions is not accurately captured as drivers rarely admit to following too closely when they cause a collision. The software built into these LIDAR units can calculate both the time and distance between two traveling vehicles in the same lane. This will permit officers to instantaneously validate their visual observation of the violation with data from the unit. In turn, the Police Department can reduce and prevent rear end collisions resulting from following too closely. • ISELINK Scheduling Services $30,000 The Police Department's current scheduling software was purchased in 1993 and over time has become outdated. ISELINK offers a scheduling product which has the Page 2 of 7