Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 16, 2022
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: ROBERT DUNN, CHIEF OF POLICE
PREPARED BY: ROBERT DUNN, CHIEF OF POLICE
SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT-ISSUED EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT
SUMMARY
Staff requests City Council approval to use carryover funds from operating savings in FY 2021-22 Police Department budget to purchase 175 department-issued handguns and related equipment for sworn officer use.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve $195,096 purchase order with ProForce to purchase department-issued handguns and related accessories.
Approve $195,096 appropriation of FY 2021-22 carryover funds to FY 2022-23 Police Department Budget.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
The Police Department plans to fund this appropriation out of Department savings.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statements:
Public Safety
Fiscal Sustainability.
FISCAL IMPACT
The handguns and related accessories will cost $195,095.60. Credit received from the vendor for the trade-in of the current department-issued firearms will offset the overall cost of the project. Staff estimates the City will receive approximately $44,000 in credit for a $151,096 net fiscal impact. However, the vendor will determine the final credit at time of transaction Staff has identified operating savings in FY 2021-22 Police Department budget due to vacancy savings to support this police equipment purchase.
DISCUSSION
The Department received City Council approval to upgrade and modernize the patrol rifles in October 2017. The patrol rifle program provided an enhanced platform including weapon-mounted lighting system and sighting optics. Those enhancements were not as readily available for department-issued handguns at that time. Advances in technology have now made available similar lighting and sighting optic enhancements for department-issued handguns.
The Department selected the Holosun HS507C open reflex sight and the Streamlight TLR-9 weapon-mounted lighting system after testing sighting optics and weapon-mounted flashlight options for several months. The department will mount these enhancements on Glock 17 handguns. The department currently issues a version of the Glock 17 that does not have the factory sighting optic preparation package. The Department will trade-in the current Glock 17 pistols for the version of the pistol that has the factory sighting optic preparation package through the selected vendor.
Due to the specialized nature of the weapon equipment and enhancements and time-sensitive nature to receive equipment, staff obtained written quotes for the equipment from three different vendors: ProForce, Shoot SoCal and S Browne Supply. Staff selected ProForce as the vendor for this purchase based upon the best pricing and having all equipment in stock. Additionally, the other vendors did not offer the trade-in credit estimated at $44,000 savings to the City.
Alternatively, the City could pay more to one of the other two vendors without trade-in credit or to not complete the purchase. The later would result in the department-issued handguns remaining in their current state rather than modernized and enhanced, providing more efficient equipment for law enforcement operations.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – Cost Proposals
cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
Procurement of Department-Issued Equipment
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