April 4, 2023
Police Department
DATE: April 4, 2023
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Bisa French, Chief of Police
Subject:
First Amendment to the Contract with Advance Crime
Scene Restoration
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed $1,425 monthly expenditure is included within the approved fiscal year 2022-2023 budget and will be budgeted for appropriately over the term of the
contract – account string 01191021-400538.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
September 20, 2022
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Police Department (RPD) encourages its
officers to maintain a high level of physical fitness in order to meet the many unexpected demands of the job
and to best serve the community we protect. Police work can be physically demanding, and officer fitness is critical to the effectiveness of any law enforcement agency.
Monthly deep cleaning of the departmental gym is
required to ensure officer safety.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a first amendment to the contract with
Advance Crime Scene Restoration (ACSR) to include
deep cleaning services for the Department’s gym and
increase the contract amount to $41,325, for a new total contract amount of $158,325 – Police Department (Chief
Bisa French 510-621-1802).
AGENDA
REPORT
April 4, 2023
DISCUSSION:
The Richmond Police Department encourages its officers to maintain a high level of physical fitness in order to meet the many unexpected demands of the job and to best serve the community we protect. Police work can be physically demanding, and Officer fitness is critical to the effectiveness of any law enforcement agency. Monthly deep cleaning of the departmental gym is required to keep the gym in a workable, sanitary environment, to encourage the use of its facilities as a way to ensure physical fitness and boost mental health.
Gym use has been encouraged by executive leaders and peer groups based on several studies showing that a positive boost in mental health (not to mention physical strength) can be achieved by engaging in physical activity every day for at least thirty minutes.
Advance Crime Scene Restoration currently services the cleaning of police vehicles, police crime scenes, and police jail cells. In September 2022, following a competitive process, Advance Crime Scene Restoration was awarded a contract for biohazardous material cleaning throughout the City of Richmond on an as-needed basis.
A contract amendment will add deep cleaning services to include commercial/hospital- grade disinfection (to kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses) on the departmental gym equipment, floors, walls, and doors, which will reduce exposure to risks in a shared confined space. The deep clean combined with the pro-active wiping down of equipment after each use will help maintain a stronger, healthier, police force.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Amendment to the Contract
Attachment 2 – Original Contract