The City of Takoma Park is seeking funding from the U.S. Dept. of Justice under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (BJAG) program, as allocated in the regular federal fiscal year 2009 appropriation. The amount of funds available for Takoma Park is $13,882.
Proposed use of the funds will be for the purchase of a digital video and photograph records management system. The server based system will facilitate the storage and retrieval of digital photographs that the department generates in the course of its investigations such as crime scene photographs. It will improve the ability for employees to share the photographs between various units, and to provide authenticated images for use in court. Estimated base costs of the system are around $13,550 to which the department intends to contribute additional funds for software maintenance costs and server equipment out of its regular operating budget.
A public comment period of 30 days is being provided prior to any obligations of payment under this program. Comments should be forwarded to:
Capt. Edward E. Coursey
Takoma Park Police Department
7500 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
edwardc@takomagov.org
301-891-7105