ORANGE, COUNTY OF, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (5) - 2013

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ATTACHMENT A 2013 -DJ -BX -1065 City: Costa Mesa The City of Costa Mesa proposes to use the 2013 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: Purpose Areas: Planning, Evaluation, and Technology Improvement Program Narrative: The Costa Mesa Police Department's proposed program activity is to expand upon an interoperable video and data network, linking a top terrorist target retail district to police systems. The South Coast Plaza (SCP) retail district, located at 3333 Bristol Street and 3333 Bear Street, have been designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the number 10 terrorist soft target among 600 designated terrorist targets throughout Orange County. A federal ACAMS (Automated Critical Asset Management Systems) assessment has been conducted at this site. With 25 million customers who frequent this location annually, it has been deemed by DHS as likely to experience a terrorist -type attack (active shooter, etc.). JAG award finds will be used to enable streaming live video feed from the retail district's extensive closed circuit television network to responding police cars via smart tablet devices installed in the police cars. The department lacks funding to expand its current capabilities with the retail district's CCTV network. Goals of Proiect: The department's project goal is to develop an interface between the SCP dispatch center to responding police cars. The interface would consist of the developed capability of streaming live video — of monitored activity occurring anywhere in the retail district — to responding patrol cars dispatched to any locations within the retail district to manage a terrorist type incident. The installation of smart tablet devices in patrol cars will improve coordination and reduce response times by police and fire personnel responding to a terrorist -type incident. Another goal is to develop technology to enable police officers, working at the SCP police substation, to stream live video (in the same manner described above) to responding police cars dispatched to a terrorist -type activity at the location. The development of this goal will involve expanding the capabilities of a "viewing station" located inside the police substation. This viewing station consists of an array of four flat screen "PV's with an accompanying joystick "controller" that permits officers to selectively monitor activity in the location via an array of an extensive CCTV remote camera network. A third goal is to develop the same streaming video capability to mobile smart tablet devices to enable an interoperable platform to be. shared with joint police and firo agencies during a mutual aid scale incident occurring at the SCP location, or in the immediate neighboring region. The realization of these goals will facilitate effective command and control through a centralized, technologically supported incident command system. Mutual agency Incident Command Staff' will, in turn, be able to systematically stage, assign and deploy mutual aid personnel and assets in a most effective manner, 2013 -DJ -BX -1065 Page 11 of 29