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In order to bring the financial application onto the HP3000/58, there needs to be upgrades. There needs to be additional disk, as well as better, faster, tape back up for the HP3000. In addition there is the need to have a faster line printer, and a forms burster. Rather than trading in the replacement equipment, it is staff's recommendation that due to the need in the Police Department to automate their records management a transfer of the City's HP3000/58 and related replacement equipment be made to the Police Department which could save $70,000 versus the Police Department purchasing another HP3000 of the same model. This would accomplish two things: one, a computer system adequate for police computerization at no cost and the upgrade necessary for the City operations. As the City will only be using NCS service bureau until December 1987, there was sufficient budget remaining to cover the costs of in-house financial software purchasing, as well as special supplies needed during conversion. City staff has reviewed several software demonstrations from different vendors over the past six weeks. The conclusion of staff and management is there are two vendors acceptable; one from Florida, DPM; the other from Idaho, ICS. It is the conclusion of myself and staff that the firm that would be most cost effective and supportive is DPM of Florida. Police System: As City Council is aware, the Police Department has been seeking relief from labor intensive manual operation of records management through computerization. This effort resulted in the police staff requesting information from the State of California, Office of Criminal Justice Planning, regarding the various systems available in the State for police management. This staff group involved in researching computer systems conducted site visits of those cities suggested by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. As a result of these efforts, and their analyzing of the suggested systems, three software vendors were identified that could provide solutions to meet the needs of Pleasanton's police management operation. After further demonstrations and thorough review of these three systems, staff unanimously selected the software package developed by Command Data Systems (CDS), which operates on the HP3000 equipment. This company is one of the oldest companies in the country devoted to police management software, it was established in 1978, and has many cities within California as well as throughout the country. This decision meets at least two criteria: qne, it operates on HP equipment, the City's chosen standard for CPU's; and two, the software is proven and the company is well established and physically very close, meaning accessibility. I have been introduced to CDS and having installed a records management system in another city, I find the CDS software to be superior in its options, and the personnel whom I have met are very professional and computer wise as it relates to police application software. The fact that Larry Todd is familiar with the software will enhance greatly the process of conversion and continued operations of SR87:471