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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, May 18, 2015 <br />Page 6 <br />Mr. Jerome asked, what about Richmoiid Heights? <br />Chief Edelman replied, they have their own. <br />Mr. Jeroine stated, so a lot of coirununities have their own and others are using Bedford Heights. <br />Chief Edelman stated, I don't think they are even having their own prisoners there. This caine <br />very suddenly. I did not expect this. <br />Lastly, Mr. Jerome had asked a few weeks ago about body cameras. Mr. Esborn has been <br />helping ine with soine grant applications a.ud looking into soine federal inoney to purchase these. <br />We are looking at a few different vendors and trying to get some more information on it. What I <br />don't want to do is juinp on this because the media feels it is a hot topic right now. We are going <br />to discuss it at length to see if we really do have a need for this. It's a costly venture. I am not <br />sure that we are in flle salne boat as say the City of Cleveland is. We enjoy a very good <br />relationship with residents and businesses in Mayfield Village. It's not the same dynamic as it is <br />in a lot of bigger cities so I don't think the need is as critical for us as it would be for a larger city <br />but we are looking into it. I just wanted to let you know that we are. <br />Mr. Jerome asked, so we have the cameras in the vehicles. We have a new system? <br />Chief Edehnan replied, we got it last year. <br />Mr. Jeroine asked, we spent all that money upgrading, what has that gotten us, a clearer picture, <br />more capacity, what have we gained with that? <br />Chief Edelman replied, there were a number of issues with the old system. It was a self- <br />contained unit that burned a video to a DVD. Any time you have inoving parts in a car, they <br />wear out. Tliose videos were about 10 years old. Those systems just did not work anymore. <br />There weren't any repair parts available because everybody is going digital now. The system we <br />have now utilizes a server at the police station. When the police cars drive into the garage, it <br />automatically uploads the video to a secure server. <br />Mr. Jerome asked, so now we have a system in place that the body cameras inay not necessarily <br />fit what we need. We have a system in place that we have used and now we have upgraded it to <br />help us with traffic citations or anything of that nature. <br />Chief Edelman replied, sure. The evidentiary is phenomenal with the video. The body cameras <br />offer a new dimension that the in-car radios don't. They follow the officer. If we get out of the <br />cars and we just have the car videos, we don't get anything. There are systeins froin the same <br />inanufacturer that integrate the system we have now which would use the same server and the <br />same upload capacity, things like that. That's one of the kinds we are looking at. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Jerome stated, yes, the media has brought it up. I wanted to bring it to the table to discuss it <br />like we are doing and I know you are looking at it. I appreciate it. Thank you.