ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (6) - 2011

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ATTACHMENT A 2011-DJ-BX-2532 Police officers often enter the PD facility in order to book an arrestee, handle paperwork, talk to their supervisor, book evidence, write reports, or for a variety of other reasons. Officers inside the station may need to be contacted via their cell phone. When the officers are in the field, this is not an issue. However, once at the police facility, those officers with cellular phones not on the Sprint network cannot be reached. This is an officer-safety issue, especially if the officer is not answering their radio. When one of our officers arrests a suspect and brings them to the jail at the new police facility, the officer often looks through the suspect's cellular phone to see if there is anything of evidentiary value. Oftentimes, co-conspirators and/or those with valuable information about the case will call the arrestee on his/her cellular phone. Unfortunately, unless the arrestee's cellular phone is on the Sprint network, those valuable phone calls are never received and the arresting officer doesn't have the opportunity to utilize the suspect's cellular phone as an investigative tool toward solving crimes and/or determining guilt or innocence. Goats of the proiect: The goal of this JAG request is to install the needed antennas, amplifiers, and repeaters at the Buena Park Police Department facility so that there is cellular phone service coverage for all other major service providers, such as: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. Since all of these other major service providers operate using the similar technology, one set of antennas wired to the requisite amplifiers and repeaters will provide coverage for all of the other major service providers. Sprint coverage will continue to be maintained through the previously- installed antenna, amplifies, and repeaters that already work with their proprietary technology. By doing so, our police services, terrorism preparedness, communications, and handling of emergencies will be greatly enhanced as people will be able to communicate as expected through their cellular phones - especially during an EOC activation or terrorist event. Strategies to be used for proiect: To accomplish the Buena Park Police Department's 2011 JAG project goal, we will obtain quotes from qualified vendors who have the needed expertise to install and test the needed equipment to accomplish our goal. The equipment needs to provide adequate cellular service coverage in all areas of the department and the equipment needs to be able to handle a large quantity of cellular calls simultaneously, such as would be needed in the case of an emergency or an EOC activation or terrorist event. Proiect identifiers: See JAG Identifiers (attached) • Law Enforcement - Officer Safety Having cellular service coverage for all of the major service providers will enhance officer safety in case of the loss of radio communication and/or needing to reach an officer who is at the station but not answering their radio. • Law Enforcement - Policing Officers often use their cellular phones as a method to communicate with the public - and vice versa. Officers inside the Buena Park police building need to have cellular coverage for their particular service provider in order to provide a higher quality of service to the public. 2011-DJ-BX-2532 Page 9 of 38 20A-17