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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />AUGUST 16, 2004 <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH IES <br />INTERACTIVE TRAINING FOR <br />UPGRADE & MAINTENANCE OF THE <br />POLICE DEPARTMENT FIREARMS <br />TRAINING PROGRAM <br /> <br />r) /]/!, <br />b4-c~<J /' (c~- <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />0 As Recommended <br />0 As Amended <br />0 Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />0 Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />0 Implementing Resolution <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />'fV <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with IES Interactive Training <br />to upgrade and maintain the Police Department's firearms training software <br />program in an amount not to exceed $38,000. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />In 1998, the Police Department purchased the Range 2000 software program <br />from IES Interactive Training. This software-training device has enabled <br />the Police Department to maintain an in-house perishable Skills Force <br />Option Course. The program has prevented the Department from having to <br />send officers to a California Police Officer Standard and Training (POST) <br />Regional Skills Training Center, saving thousands of dollars in training <br />related expenses. The Range 2000 system has provided a means of training <br />the officer's firearms using a "real-life" interactive approach. The <br />Range 2000 is now six years old and has become outdated and many of its <br />components are no longer supported by the manufacturer. <br /> <br />Under the terms of this agreement, IES Interactive Training <br />the department an upgrade to the Range 3000 software system <br />department to use the new advanced software containing the <br />certified training scenarios. <br /> <br />will provide <br />allowing the <br />updated POST <br /> <br />25E-1 <br />