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picture quality and utilize built-in microphones which tend to capture all ambient sound from the environment. In order to produce a high quality webcast, both sound and video, the department desires to purchase a video camera capable of recording in high definition and has an appropriate attachment for an external microphone. • Latent Print Dusting Station $3,100 Evidence which is brought to the police station for dusting with fingerprint powder is typically processed on one of the counters in the Evidence Processing Room. Even with the best efforts to contain the fingerprint powder, by its very nature it is fine and has a tendency to spread very quickly across the counters and even onto the floor. The department would like to utilize a portion of the COPS 14 funds to purchase a latent print dusting station. This station allows for evidence to be processed within the confines of the workstation where its air filtration system draws the particulate matter into the filters, thus leaving a much cleaner and healthier work environment. • Storage Area Network (SAN) $16,000 In recent years there has been an ever-increasing demand on the department's digital storage abilities. The Digital Image Management System (DIMS), video surveillance system, and future police systems require an ability to store vast amounts of digital data. Currently there are inefficient and diminishing resources for the backup and required retention of archived digital media of critical systems, including the DIMS evidence server. The acquisition of a Storage Area Network (SAN) will allow for sharing of disk storage among several servers. This will afford maximum efficiency in storing information, and this storage will be primarily used for backing up data to disk, archiving email/data for Public Record and e-Discovery purposes, and backing up digital evidence systems. Overall the cost of this network is approximately $26,000. The Police Department intends to contribute $16,000 from COPS 14 funds and the Information Technologies (I.S.) will provide the remaining $10,000. • DARE Instructor iPads $1,770 In keeping with technological advances, DARE Officers have been using iPads to assist with classroom instruction. The use of iPads has allowed officers to present updated curriculum and use visual aids not previously available. Each presentation can be customized to each officer and shown through the school's projector system. The schools are already equipped with the technology required to use iPads in the classrooms. At this time the DARE Officers have been using their personal iPads. The department desires to purchase iPads for both DARE Officers, including software, and any necessary adapters. These iPads will also be available for other personnel assigned to the Youth and Community Services Unit for community presentations. • Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) $53,000 Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems utilize vehicle mounted cameras and existing computers to capture an image of a license plate. Using optical recognition software, license plates are compared against a database of plates known to be Page 4 of 7