Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.20. 6/13/2023 File #: 23-0197
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Dan Adams, Chief of Police
1. SUBJECT
Authorize purchase of licenses from Vigilant Solutions, LLC as a single source vendor.
2. SUMMARY
The purchase of licenses will provide the continuation of access to Vigilant Solutions’private License Plate Reader data platforms in the amount of $35,000 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the sole source purchase of licenses from Vigilant Solutions, LLC for $35,000.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total expenditure for this purchase is $35,000 and will be funded upon adoption of the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget through AB3229-COPS/State Supplemental Law Enforcement Fund (354).
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
a: Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that ensure public safety.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The Police Department currently has four mobile License Plate Reader (LPR) 3-Camera Systems used for automated detection of license plates. Data associated with vehicle license plates allows officers to identify stolen or wanted vehicles, stolen license plates, and missing persons. The Vigilant Solutions, LLC (Vigilant) product is intended to operate with outside agencies and jurisdictions enabling the department to easily access and share data.
Vigilant owns and manages the single largest LPR data sharing, National Vehicle Location Service, consisting of privately collected LPR data made available through the LEARN database for law enforcement purposes. Hosted services are cloud-based, in a secure data center, and include mapping alerts, hotlist “hits”, query search tools, and geo-zone mapping.
Cameras and services were first procured in October 2018. The purchase included five years of hardware warranty and three years of hosting services, commercial data, and facial recognition services. Additionally, staff added two additional mobile solar powered LPR systems in 2021 to focus City of Orange Printed on 6/5/2023Page 1 of 2
powered by Legistar™
Item #: 3.20. 6/13/2023 File #: 23-0197
on hot spot areas.
For Fiscal Year 2023-2024, a one-year license renewal is needed to maintain full functionality of the LPR systems. The Police Department is requesting the continuation of services from single source vendor, Vigilant, for a total amount of $35,000.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· None
City of Orange Printed on 6/5/2023Page 2 of 2
powered by Legistar™