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improvements in technology, consistency with the equipment, and the current availability of replacement parts. • Canine Unit Supplies $5,300 Some of the equipment currently used by the Canine Unit is worn out and in need of replacement. The Unit would like to replace their multi-purpose harnesses, police collars, patrol car cages, and electronic stimulation collars. Additionally, they would like to purchase some new equipment which is essential in training the canines. This includes leg sleeves, hidden sleeves, a trial jacket, neoprene gauntlets, and a muzzle vest. In order to properly store this equipment the Unit desires to include an equipment bag in the purchase. • Tactical/Resource Robot $25,000 Recently the SWAT Team evaluated the types of incidents the team was being used for and it was determined the majority of SWAT deployments were for high risk search warrants. The team had also been deployed on barricaded suspects and hostage rescue missions. The team does not possess a robot which could be used in these types of incidents. Purchasing a robot that contains a video camera, audio monitoring and a manipulator arm will improve the safety of officers, the public, and the suspect by allowing the SWAT Team to deploy the robot into a structure from a safe location prior to the SWAT Team entering. • Field Trauma Kits $9,800 Often time's officers find themselves in potentially high risk situations in which it is often impractical for Emergency Medical Services to respond to the immediate area. Currently the department's First Aid kits are not equipped with medical tools to treat traumatic injuries such as gunshot and severe puncture wounds. Recent advancements in medical technology have increased the survivability rate of traumatic injuries when some form of immediate aid is used in the field. The issuance of Individual Trauma Kits would provide police personnel with the necessary medical equipment required to treat traumatic life threatening injuries such as gunshot wounds and severe bleeding. Each of the kits would minimally include the following: nitrite gloves, shears, Blood Stopper, QuickClot single dose, Asherman chest seal, abdominal pad, gauze pads, medical tape, pressure dressing, and a C.A.T. field tourniquet. • High Definition Camcorders $2,400 The Police Department currently possesses two aging camcorders. One is an analog model and the other is a digital "miniDV" style. Both of these utilize cassettes as a recording medium and record with Standard Definition quality. In order to view video footage from these camcorders requires a connection to a television or a time consuming transfer to a computer, requiring special connections or a digital/analog converter. In recent years technological improvements have been made in the widespread use of high definition video. The purchase of high definition camcorders will enable the capture of minute details at a crime scene and, enable video capture on a Page 6 of 7