[0:00] act. If you don't have it, I will read
it for you.
[0:05] » Uh yes, sir. In accordance with the
South Carolina Code of Laws 1976,
[0:09] Section 30-4-80
as amended, notification of the meeting
[0:14] and the meeting agenda were posted at
least 24 hours prior to the meeting on
[0:18] the County Council building at a
publicly accessible place, on the County
[0:22] website, and a copy of the agenda was
provided to the local news media and all
[0:27] persons or organizations requesting
notification.
[0:32] » If you would, please join me for the
pledge and the invocation.
[0:39] I pledge
>> to the flag of the United States of
[0:43] America.
To the republic for which it stands,
[0:47] one nation
under God,
[0:50] indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
[0:55] » All right. Let us pray.
Father, thank you for this day and thank
[0:58] you for allowing us to gather to make
decisions for Jasper County. Guide us
[1:03] with our decisions today for the
Sheriff's office,
[1:06] for the detention center and the
betterment of our county. We ask all
[1:10] these things in your name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[1:14] » Um next up is the approval of the
agenda. Can I have a motion to approve
[1:20] or disapprove
uh the agenda?
[1:23] » I'll make a motion to approve the
agenda.
[1:26] » We have a motion by Councilman Van
Geison. Do we have a second?
[1:31] » Second.
>> We have a second by Councilman
[1:33] Chiccarelli. All those in favor, please
raise your right hand and say I.
[1:38] » I.
>> I.
[1:40] » The eyes are unanimous. Uh
Sheriff Malphrus, if you all want to
[1:45] start with the workshop topic and y'all
can take it from here.
[1:49] » Thank you, Chairman. Uh
Council, thank you guys so much. I
[1:52] realize it's life is busy and sometimes
it's hard to get everyone together, and
[1:56] I appreciate you taking some time out of
your schedule to be here and
[1:59] um I'm going to forewarn you
you could be fed a bunch of information
[2:03] kind of like drinking from a water hose
from a fire hose. We all know the the
[2:07] same but um
you we took the jail over in January and
[2:12] we've been here a little more than 8
months now or 8 months or so and we've
[2:15] recognized many deficiencies that we
need to address.
[2:19] And of course uh
we're here today with MCA and Motorola
[2:23] to kind of break down
the ecosystem of what we're going to put
[2:27] in place here at the detention center.
And that includes um a a new camera
[2:31] system
with new high-tech cameras of course.
[2:34] I'm not a tech guru so these guys can
kind of explain
[2:38] uh
all the details about the cameras, radio
[2:41] systems. Of course, you guys know that
we have about 42 radio radios or so on
[2:46] the streets that are end of life.
And we know these radios are very
[2:50] expensive so we're trying to move to uh
obviously something that is serviceable
[2:55] and also
uh that will last us many many years to
[2:58] come.
Uh
[3:00] there's a lot of deficiencies here
especially when it comes to
[3:03] communications inside the jail,
entryways, there's a whole bunch of
[3:06] stuff so uh
with all of that being said, I'm going
[3:09] to turn it over to Anthony. He's he
works for MCA and he's been very
[3:13] intimately involved in this process.
Uh he's going to be one of the main guys
[3:17] that you may ask questions to. We'll
give you his point of contact after this
[3:20] meeting.
And we want to email you some literature
[3:23] and information to break down what we're
asking for. We also have several guys
[3:27] online that can answer some questions
when it comes to payments and and
[3:30] longevity and technology and all the
things
[3:33] that uh I am not qualified to do so.
This is Anthony with MCA.
[3:39] » Sheriff Newell, Council, thank you for
allowing us to be able to come before
[3:42] you today and be able to kind of do this
presentation and uh
[3:46] we uh I'm Anthony with MCA and and we
met with uh with the Sheriff and the
[3:51] Sheriff's Department uh a while back and
um they came to us with some with some
[3:56] issues and we wanted to try to come in
and see what we could do to be able to
[3:59] solve those issues for them and we began
to look at some of the deficiencies that
[4:05] that they talking about different things
from the camera systems inside of the
[4:09] detention center here to the outside of
the building also with the radios
[4:14] ability to be able to communicate once
they get inside of the building as well.
[4:19] And with Motorola Motorola Solutions and
in the all of the the technology that
[4:26] they have today
we were able to put together
[4:30] kind of a ecosystem if you will
of technology to be able to solve the
[4:36] the needs that's currently that's
happening today here and and then we're
[4:40] going to talk a little bit about the the
ecosystem we talk about the different
[4:44] technologies that we have built into
this this system that that we're
[4:49] proposing to the sheriff's department
and the detention center here and we
[4:53] also have Ray Arnold he's Motorola
Solutions direct and he's on the call as
[4:59] well
and he'll he'll kind of kind of drive
[5:02] this in just a few minutes as well
to kind of get into some of the
[5:07] technology and that kind of thing we'll
talk kind of back and forth and
[5:10] obviously at any time if anybody has any
questions or anything that comes up let
[5:16] us know and we'll be glad to stop and
and dig deeper if we need to dig deeper
[5:19] into something that kind of thing or if
you don't understand we'd be glad to you
[5:23] know to expand on that as well for you.
So just kind of give you a quick
[5:27] synopsis of the technology that we have
today that we're we're going to be
[5:32] presenting
is
[5:34] Sheriff Malphrus said
radios that's end of life will be will
[5:39] be addressing that in the technology
that we have currently today
[5:44] that will move you into into the future
with that and then we're going to be
[5:48] talking about bi-directional amplifier
system for the for the detention center,
[5:52] and what that will do for the
communication
[5:57] areas in the detention center and also
the sheriff's department where there's
[6:01] dead spots and that kind of thing for
his communication.
[6:05] Then we're going to talk about the
camera system that we have for the
[6:09] detention center. The current camera
system that's here today and then what
[6:13] we're going to be proposing to replace
that with, as well as access control,
[6:19] being able to gain access into the
building into different parts in the
[6:22] interior of the building, and how that
works together in tandem with the camera
[6:26] systems
that we're going to be presenting. And
[6:29] then we also going to talk a little bit
about body worn cameras
[6:33] inside the detention center and how
they're going to benefit the detention
[6:37] center workers and also the inmates.
Obviously through all the technology
[6:41] that we have is going to
one of the greatest things about it is
[6:45] it's going to help make things a lot
smoother, make the job easier and keep
[6:49] people safer at the same time. And so
that's kind of really one of the the key
[6:53] designs behind this system. And then
finally we have another piece called
[6:57] command central aware, and that's going
to be kind of if you will kind of you
[7:02] picture a
a wheel and you have a hub and then
[7:07] there's spokes.
All the technology ties back into the
[7:12] command central aware. That command
central aware is going to be our hub so
[7:16] to speak, and that's the technology kind
of houses everything along with the
[7:20] command central dims. And again we'll be
we'll be getting into
[7:25] the talk a little bit about that that
technology and how it works and what
[7:28] it's going to do for its benefit. But
that's kind of a high level overview
[7:33] of kind of the ecosystem that we're
going to be presenting here today.
[7:37] And that kind of thing. And so I'm going
to I'm going to turn it over to Reed
[7:41] Arnold and he's again with Motorola
Solutions Direct and I'll let him kind
[7:46] of start kind of going into the
different technologies that we have
[7:51] here. Before before he does that does
that anybody have any questions before
[7:55] he kind of dives in?
>> With everything this is counseling Van
[8:00] Gieson by the way.
With everything you spoke did you say
[8:03] body cams?
Did you mention body cams?
[8:06] » Yes a body worn camera for detention
center. That's correct. Yes.
[8:09] » Okay, all right. Yeah, good.
I thought I caught that. That I think
[8:13] that'd be fantastic actually. Okay, I
just want to make sure I caught that.
[8:17] » Yes, sir.
Any other questions?
[8:21] » Oh, for sure my office. Uh Joseph
Argelo.
[8:25] Chris I know we did a contract recently
on body cameras
[8:29] and so on and so forth with the tasers
and all two separate beasts.
[8:34] I'm saying.
>> Yes, sir. This will be tied in with with
[8:37] the FC Motorola system what we're
currently using on the streets is
[8:40] something different and because
the
[8:44] the system's going to be in the jail the
ecosystem's going to be in the jail. We
[8:49] want the camera that can stay in
proximity of that and work in house
[8:52] versus where we need them on the streets
to to link with our with our body
[8:55] cameras, our tasers and our in car
cameras.
[8:57] » All right and in that in our current
contract I think it was 1.7 million for
[9:02] 5 years I believe.
For those how many cameras do we have
[9:06] for that?
>> 80 is what Chief Abbott would say.
[9:11] » You said 80?
>> Yes, sir. 80.
[9:17] » Okay, I'll save I'll save the rest for
later. Thank you.
[9:23] » Anyone else?
>> Yeah, I have one question. MCA right? Is
[9:27] that what it was?
>> Mobile communication radio. Yes, sir.
[9:31] » Okay, that's what I want to know. Thank
you.
[9:33] » Yes, sir.
[9:37] Anyone else?
[9:40] Okay, Reed. If you would, you can you
can go ahead.
[9:43] » Absolutely. Uh
good afternoon everyone. My name is Reed
[9:46] Arnold. I'm the local Motorola rep um
based out of Charleston, South Carolina.
[9:51] Uh Johns Island specifically. Uh cover
kind of what's traditionally the the low
[9:55] country of uh South Carolina.
Um so, thank you all again for having us
[9:59] and and hosting this event.
And so,
[10:03] uh with that, I'm going to share my
screen so that everyone can kind of see.
[10:07] Maybe. Nope.
Share my screen.
[10:18] And I just want to make sure that
everyone can see
[10:20] uh this right here.
[10:24] » I got it.
>> Perfect. Okay. So, today I'm just going
[10:28] to go over kind of a high-level overview
of the different technologies. I don't
[10:32] want to go too into the weeds. I'd be
happy to kind of double down on any of
[10:36] the technologies that you guys are going
to ask a question. Um
[10:41] but just don't I just want to keep it
more high-level uh cuz we can really
[10:44] kind of get into the weeds uh based on
any of these different technologies.
[10:47] But, I think the important thing that
we're talking about today is trying to
[10:52] enhance safety for both those working in
the jail and those that are detained in
[10:57] the jail. Uh safety is the highest
priority for everyone there. So, let's
[11:01] let's try to maximize that by utilizing
newer technologies
[11:05] uh by having more eyes and on the
situation should anything happen.
[11:09] So, what we're looking at today are kind
of a five different pieces
[11:14] of
technology that's going to be kind of in
[11:18] a unified operation. So, the first one
I'll start with is the the V700
[11:22] body-worn cameras. And so, that's going
to be the body-worn camera that's going
[11:25] to be located in the
in the uh detention center itself.
[11:30] Uh
with it being on that campus, we're
[11:33] going to be able to live stream into uh
Command Central aware, which I'll go
[11:38] into more. But, the reason why this uh
the sheriff was looking at these V700
[11:42] body worn cameras is is for that uh
Wi-Fi based uh live streaming.
[11:48] We're also going to be bringing new
radios to the line uh to the officers,
[11:53] which is going to be the N70 portable.
Uh it's a very ruggedized device that
[11:58] brings both LTE and LMR.
And what that means is you're bringing
[12:03] data to the officer at their hip. Um so,
we're able to get faster location
[12:08] information. They're able to see other
officers' location directly there on the
[12:12] device, as well as it's extending the
coverage. So, uh should the LMR or the
[12:18] land mobile radio system, if you have
kind of degraded coverage, whether it's
[12:21] an in-building or kind of on the
periphery of where coverage is, LTE will
[12:26] take over so that they're going to be
able to maintain uh all of their
[12:30] communications throughout.
Um
[12:34] uh
throughout the the county or wherever
[12:37] they're they're going to be.
Um
[12:40] speaking to communications, one of the
the issues that
[12:44] uh the sheriff's department is having at
the detention center is the fact that
[12:47] they do not have uh
great coverage in-building. Uh jails are
[12:52] specifically difficult sometimes to get
radio coverage in. That could be uh a
[12:56] traditional LMR radio or even your cell
phone.
[12:59] And the reason why is, you know, they're
heavy concrete, lots of steel. That's
[13:04] that's not good for getting
uh
[13:07] signal into a building. So, what we're
proposing here is by putting a
[13:11] bi-directional amplifier, which is a a
antenna structure that will go
[13:15] throughout the building, that will
provide coverage interiorly so that uh
[13:20] should anything happen, they're going to
be able to maintain that mission
[13:23] critical uh life-saving, you know,
communication uh should something
[13:27] happen.
And then
[13:30] kind of
moving again interiorly as well as in
[13:33] the exterior, we're going to be adding
new cameras and access control into the
[13:40] into the jail.
So, by adding AI into these uh these
[13:45] cameras
it's able to learn what is normal
[13:48] behavior and what is abnormal behavior.
Um so, if an object is sitting too long
[13:53] within view of the uh the camera, the
camera's actually going to be able to
[13:57] detect it and uh notify uh staff that,
you know, something is
[14:04] sitting out there for too long that
shouldn't be. Uh someone's going the
[14:07] opposite direction
uh of the flow of traffic. These cameras
[14:11] learn what is normal
um to their environment and then
[14:15] are proactively monitoring uh
staff when something abnormal happens.
[14:21] Um typically, when we look and think of
cameras, we think of it, "Hey, you know,
[14:25] an event happened. I now need to look at
my cameras after the fact." Well, these
[14:29] cameras are going to be able to
you're able to act in a proactive manner
[14:34] uh and stop something potentially before
it happens.
[14:38] And then that gets all tied into access
control.
[14:42] Uh so, we are allowing the people who
need to be uh
[14:46] into the facility where they're supposed
to be
[14:48] and keep the people where they're
supposed to stay. Um all of it is locked
[14:52] together with our
system called Command Central Aware. So,
[14:56] think of it as a single pane of glass
that someone can understand kind of
[15:00] what's happening
at the detention center.
[15:04] So, with Command Central Aware, you're
able to live stream the body worn
[15:09] cameras as well as bring in up to 16
camera feeds from around the jail. So,
[15:15] if an officer who is working there hits
their emergency button
[15:21] on their LMR system, we're able to pop
up their body worn camera as well as the
[15:25] other 16 cameras so that we're getting a
a great view into what's happening in
[15:29] the situation and responding
accordingly.
[15:32] Um we're trying to save seconds so we
can save lives in this uh detention
[15:37] center.
So, we've mapped out [clears throat] and
[15:40] blueprinted the entire
uh
[15:44] uh
detention center uh so that there are
[15:47] going to be zero dead zones with that
integrated BDA, and we're eliminating
[15:51] any legacy blind spots
uh
[15:54] across cell blocks and common areas. So,
we're getting a true view into the
[15:58] detention center
center
[16:00] with modern technology that's going to
work for them for a long time.
[16:07] So,
a big reason why we're talking ecosystem
[16:12] is because trying to purchase these
things ala carte can be
[16:17] cumbersome in terms of budget
uh as you keep kind of piecing it along.
[16:22] Um if you look at a bundle-ized price,
you're actually going to
[16:25] kind of optimize it and we're actually
going to get heavier level of discounts
[16:29] uh based on that. When when just looking
at the list price of all of these things
[16:34] combined, we're we're upwards of $1.6
million. However,
[16:38] um
by bundling that um and utilizing state
[16:42] contracts and and that procurement,
we're we're well below that. Uh we're
[16:47] we're at 1.3 and
to be honest, uh some of the numbers I'm
[16:51] going to show you guys on the next
slide, they're not concrete because I'm
[16:54] getting approval for a greater level of
discount, okay? But what I'm going to
[16:58] show you
um on this next slide is kind of
[17:01] how we can spread out this payment um
cuz asking a a county to to procure, you
[17:08] know, $1.3 million in a single year is
is it is a big up up front cost.
[17:13] Um
and so
[17:15] what we're what proposing
is a new
[17:20] this police um with the first year is
completely
[17:25] um in arrears payment. So, we are
expecting no money up front
[17:30] um for the first year after that
contract signature. And then that second
[17:33] year is a around $100,000
uh that we'll be looking at. So, you can
[17:39] see kind of how it's broken up between
lease and subscriptions.
[17:42] And then from years 3 through 8, you can
see kind of the annual payments that
[17:47] will come from there. Uh again, we're
trying to
[17:51] structure this lease and structure this
payment so that we can bring the
[17:57] um detention center up to modern uh
standards and make sure that the people
[18:01] living people who are detained there and
working there are as safe as possible.
[18:07] Um and so, spreading that capital out
over an extended period of time
[18:11] um so that we're not going and doing
these large lump sums. Um
[18:16] and really kind of cost controlling
ourselves. Um I know
[18:21] everyone on this call has has seen the
cost of everything kind of increasing
[18:25] um whether that's chips, whether that's
oil, whatever it may be. Uh this is a
[18:30] great way to
kind of lock in your pricing for today
[18:34] so that you know, come 3 years down the
road um
[18:38] the planned purchase isn't higher than
expected.
[18:43] Um I know I went kind of little quickly
through that. Um but would love to kind
[18:48] of
answer any questions and uh whether
[18:52] that's about a lease or any of the
technology that, you know, we we quickly
[18:57] kind of dove into.
>> I do have a question. Uh Reed. Yes.
[19:03] When I'm looking at these payments and
it's over 8-year period,
[19:07] um
since we've got AI involved in this and
[19:11] that,
is [snorts] there a point this becomes
[19:13] obsolete in the near future and it has
to be
[19:16] redone or
how do we see this system working? I
[19:20] mean
um
[19:22] I guess that's my question.
>> Yeah, absolutely. So, um all of the
[19:27] technology we have today is modern and
comes with
[19:31] a subscription tied to it. So, if
there's any enhancements to the
[19:34] products, especially on the software
side, right? Uh we are you are you you
[19:39] are guaranteed that upgrade. So, if we
make an advancement
[19:42] in our cameras on the back end, you will
absolutely get fed into that. Our body
[19:47] worn cameras are the same, same with our
radios. And so
[19:51] um you will be entitled to that. That's
that is a a great question though.
[19:56] » Now, does will those upgrades come with
cost behind them or will
[20:01] you know, obviously if you need new
cameras, there'll be some cost, but as
[20:05] far as the upgrades themselves, do you
anticipate you know, a percentage over
[20:11] you know, year to year, 1 2 3% a year
going up because of upgrades or is it
[20:16] just
um
[20:19] how does that work?
>> No, it's a it's a flat structure in
[20:22] terms of how that's going to be. There's
unless it's
[20:24] unless there's any hardware that you're
purchasing, that would be the only
[20:27] reason why there'd be a cost increase,
but um because everything right now is
[20:32] is driven in the cloud, um you are
uh entitled to that.
[20:37] » Okay, thank you.
>> Yes, sir.
[20:41] » Are maintenance costs included with
this?
[20:46] » Um I think I'm going to defer to Anthony
on that um seeing that the the camera,
[20:50] you know, installation was was done by
MCA.
[20:55] » Yes, sir. So, I can answer that and I
got Brian uh Cleary here with him, which
[20:59] is service manager, but um in the
pricing, everything is built in for us,
[21:03] the programming
of the radios up front. Um obviously the
[21:08] uh from the BDA side, the installation
is in there as well, as well as the
[21:13] camera system installation. So, we we uh
bundled all that uh together from the uh
[21:18] maintenance and uh and installation
standpoint.
[21:22] » And then, in terms of the
cameras and body worn cameras, I can
[21:26] speak to that. The body worn cameras are
on a program um where if they are
[21:31] broken, we will proactively send you new
ones and replace them as need. There's
[21:35] no cap to that. And then, the radios
have a 7-year warranty on them. So, if
[21:40] anything breaks on it, if it's uh not
functioning the right way, uh it is
[21:45] covered under warranty uh for the
totality of of that.
[21:50] » Reed, this is Joey, the chairman. Do is
those prices that you have up there, is
[21:55] that inclusive of the BDA, the body worn
cameras, the radios, all everything all
[22:01] in?
>> That That is entirely everything. Yes,
[22:04] sir.
>> Okay.
[22:08] » Mr. Chairman, there might be a question.
>> The Yes, I'm
[22:11] I was just going to say on the camera
maintenance, like if one of them gets
[22:15] torn up or, you know, somebody knocks
one, you know, inherently in a jail, a
[22:18] lot of times sometimes a vandalism
occurs,
[22:21] it wouldn't cover that or acts of God.
We had We had a similar situation with
[22:26] another jail and
you know, they knocked it off or broke
[22:29] it. Uh it wasn't covered. So, so
basically, if anything of that nature
[22:34] would not
but uh the the
[22:37] what to Reed's point, any updates or or
uh
[22:42] software updates or firmware updates and
all that, you know, that would be pushed
[22:45] down to the cameras, but uh
physical
[22:49] damage to
uh radio or a
[22:52] lost radio or you know, somebody takes a
broomstick and knocks a camera out, you
[22:57] know, it'd be the county's
responsibility for that part of it. But
[23:00] other than that, it should be covered.
>> Absolutely. And then and I probably
[23:04] understand this technology with all of
this more than most, but uh definitely
[23:10] the BDA um inside the jail is needed as
well as some of the other components
[23:15] uh with that um and the ability for um
officer safety
[23:23] um not only just for them, but
responding other units to the area to
[23:27] where
um
[23:29] it captures their frequencies, you're
able to there's a lot more than just the
[23:34] the detention center.
[23:39] » I do have a question for Sheriff
Malphrus.
[23:42] » Yes, sir.
>> On the um
[23:45] lease that
we just entered into, I guess, within a
[23:48] year, um is it with the same folks here?
Um what are our obligations? And I'm I'm
[23:54] guessing that this would be this whole
system is just for the people in the
[23:57] jail? Or would this cover
>> Yes, we'll keep the current contract we
[24:02] have with Axon this year is a separate
system that'll be
[24:05] » Speak up a little bit, Sheriff.
>> I'm sorry. Yes, sir, it it's it's a a
[24:09] separate system
from what we currently use on the
[24:13] streets. We'll continue to have that
that particular contract. This is just
[24:17] for the jail house and detention center.
>> Yeah, I remember in the discussion on
[24:21] that, we talked about how many
employees you have. So, as if you had
[24:26] this system, how many people outside of
this system would you have um
[24:32] those 80 units to cover?
>> Well, the 80 units are for the the
[24:36] deputies on the streets and these
particular units here will be just for
[24:39] the detention deputies inside the jail.
>> Right. And how many
[24:45] deputies that would need them outside
the jail do you have?
[24:49] » Uh we have 80 cameras outside and we
were asking for 40 uh
[24:54] to go with the BDA system.
>> Yeah, but I mean how many
[24:59] Do we have too many of those cameras on
the original contract now? And if so, is
[25:04] there any buyout for those or anything
that
[25:08] » No, sir. We're using all that we have.
Yeah, that's we plan to keep it the way
[25:11] it is. So, that system's up and running
and very useful and and very
[25:15] » Yeah, but how how many how many how many
officers do you have outside the jail
[25:21] that need cameras?
>> Uh no, this this is this system we're
[25:25] asking for now is just for the the
detention deputies.
[25:28] » I understand, but how many deputies do
you have outside the jail that need
[25:31] cameras?
>> All of them.
[25:35] » Yes, the total number of road deputies.
>> Uh yeah, well well, they all need it,
[25:39] but they all have it.
>> I know, but how many do you have? Cuz
[25:43] you have 80 cameras, how many
deputies do you have?
[25:46] » 72 deputies. Yes, sir.
So, we have we have a couple extras in
[25:51] case one breaks or we need to send it
off or something like that. So, we have
[25:54] a a small handful of of spares, if you
will.
[25:58] » Right. So, how many employees do you
have total?
[26:01] » We have 80 with the detention center and
46 with the jail.
[26:09] » Thank you.
[26:12] » I may be one or two off, but I know we
have 80 with with the the sheriff's
[26:15] office, I'm sorry. And then we have
between 45 and 47.
[26:20] » So, roughly 120 plus employees?
>> Yes, sir. That's correct.
[26:24] » Okay. That that's all I need to know.
Thank you.
[26:32] » I got a I have a question about uh
this being a single source. Is this the
[26:38] only Are you the only group that
provides this service or these type of
[26:42] products?
[26:46] » Um with how the ecosystem
works together, especially with the body
[26:50] worn, uh yes, sir, it does. Yes, we are.
>> Also, you have like a patent on this or
[26:55] this type of these this type of product
or
[26:58] » Um I mean, we have a
a numerous patents for our different
[27:02] technologies. Yes, sir.
>> Okay, so that you have a lock on this
[27:06] here. The only like a sole source on
this uh on this type of uh
[27:11] » Yeah, and this is all state contract as
well.
[27:13] Um negotiate on that as well.
>> Okay, and then do you
[27:18] um is there any grant opportunities with
this type of
[27:22] uh system?
>> Yes, sir. There are grants that come up
[27:26] every single year. Uh whether that's
body worn cameras, there are plenty
[27:29] federal grants that come in especially
for detention centers to modernize
[27:32] those.
Um there's cops grants that come out
[27:35] every year, and then there's a lot of uh
opioid and drug money that's currently
[27:40] out there today
um that was
[27:43] started with the Biden administration
that's being carried through
[27:46] um with the Trump uh presidency that's
in today. So, there are lots of uh
[27:51] opportunities to get grants, and you can
prepay this lease off with no penalty
[27:56] whatsoever.
Uh and a lot of um grants will uh allow
[28:00] you to do to utilize that for a
uh
[28:04] lease payment as well.
>> Okay, thanks.
[28:08] » Also, just to share some information
about the detention center,
[28:12] uh we have a fund called inmate wellness
fund,
[28:15] and it's it's
proceeds that we get from
[28:19] certain things in the jail that I can
explain to you in detail.
[28:22] Uh there's some money's there that we
can use toward this.
[28:25] Um it may not be available in every
single year, but there is some upfront
[28:28] that we can help
offset the cost.
[28:33] » Would Motorola be able to at the end of
the contract with you said Axio? I can't
[28:38] remember the name of the company. Um
when that term ends, would Motorola be
[28:43] able to roll something in and kind of
keep it all in house in one
[28:48] » Yes, sir, we can.
[28:52] » Yes, sir. And and we can one thing we
can speak on too is is Sheriff Malphurs
[28:56] kind of alluded a little bit with the
body worn cameras inside the detention
[29:01] center.
Motorola is proprietary in a technology
[29:05] that they have built in with their body
worn to where
[29:09] far as the recording and and different
things of that nature that the body worn
[29:12] can do is that it it's always always
gets the video. So that's one of the one
[29:17] of the nice things behind what we
provide there is that gives that added
[29:21] security and and safety from from the
officer standpoint as well,
[29:26] whether be in the detention center or if
later on, you know, once the contract's
[29:30] up with Axon, they choose to go roll
into our body worn and in-car camera
[29:36] systems. Everything links together and
that's one of the good things about the
[29:40] Command Central Aware and in the Command
Central Deans that we have is that the
[29:45] the video resides there and houses there
and and it gives the ability to be able
[29:50] to
to have everything at your fingertips
[29:53] pretty much. Allow you to be able to
share the video as you need it, put
[29:57] restrictions in as you need it,
and those type of things. But then also
[30:02] from that side of things, being able to
have the the ability to search very
[30:07] easily. So one of the things with our
with the in-building video on AI camera
[30:13] system,
the search engine is a a phenomenal
[30:17] being able to search out, you know,
hours of video and you can find
[30:23] something other that you're looking for
within a minute or so. So that's one of
[30:26] the great things behind this technology
as well from the AI side is that the the
[30:31] search engine really gives the ability
to provide
[30:36] the folks with the video very quickly
and and it can go across all the cameras
[30:41] that's in the building as well. So, one
of the things that we're looking at
[30:44] doing is the amount of cameras you have
today currently in your facility. Uh
[30:49] we're going to be able to reduce that
some, but also give you better coverage
[30:53] uh inside and outside. So, that's a
that's one of the pluses behind um this
[30:58] particular technology as well is uh is
giving you better coverage um with less
[31:03] uh amount of cameras to maintain.
[31:19] Any other Anybody have any other
questions we need to dive deep with any
[31:23] other technologies?
[31:27] » Just a real quick question is how much
electricity do we have enough electric
[31:32] electrical output and at the jail? We're
they're always understaffed over there.
[31:36] I mean under utilized.
Do you have enough electricity for all
[31:41] the charging here?
[31:45] » I will see that.
>> So, I mean all of the cameras are
[31:47] running over PoE. Uh so, power over
Ethernet. Uh which in and of itself is
[31:52] very low voltage. Um so, I have not seen
uh detention center that did not have
[31:58] enough power
power to to to do this for cameras uh
[32:03] over, you know, the however many times
we've done this before.
[32:08] » Now,
one of the changes that we want to make
[32:11] in this process, and I've talked to him
about this, is obviously when we're
[32:14] making make
an update with our generator,
[32:18] all this will be on the generator, which
currently not. So, when our power goes
[32:21] out, we lose communication, we lose
video, we lose the ability to open up
[32:26] cell doors, etc. So, it becomes a very
dangerous situation when we lose power.
[32:30] So,
this is also something that we want to
[32:32] make sure that
when we make that transition to a new
[32:35] generator, that this system will be up
and running full time, all the time,
[32:39] with no lack of power, with with no
inability to lose or trap officer or
[32:44] inmate or dangerous situation that we
will be able to to get to.
[32:50] » And that um
is going to be part of the capital uh
[32:55] uh requests that we're going to discuss
with council, hopefully,
[32:59] uh late in September or early October.
[33:06] » Is this something you said is good for
August, though, or what were you looking
[33:09] at in terms of a timeline on on a on
this kind of contract?
[33:15] » Well,
if if it's approved, uh
[33:18] I think they can pretty much come in and
put the system in in about 90 days.
[33:22] » So so yes, so obviously, once once the
approval being that we've got a number
[33:27] of different technologies uh built into
this particular ecosystem design, um
[33:32] obviously, there's going to be equipment
that's going to ship, you know, fairly
[33:36] quickly.
Um and then there obviously uh there's
[33:39] going to be a
you know, it's going to take some time
[33:41] to uh do removals of existing cameras
and access control, and then the
[33:47] installation of the new equipment and
that kind of thing. So,
[33:50] um you know, once we kind of we kind of
get an idea um about the uh the time
[33:55] frame, we can definitely share that with
you to give you a better uh idea on a on
[33:59] a time frame we're looking of for the
time of start to the time of finish,
[34:03] obviously. Um from a standpoint on
approval, um you know, from the
[34:08] financing side, and Reek can speak on
this um too, but I I know that normally
[34:13] uh once the Motorola gets the uh the
verbiage uh together and gets the the
[34:18] paperwork over, uh obviously, the county
attorneys will will will then you look
[34:23] at that and uh you know, it will be
dependent pretty much upon uh the timing
[34:28] that it takes for them to uh you know,
approve it from their side and that kind
[34:32] of stuff and get it back to us. But, uh,
once we get it and everything's
[34:35] approved, uh, usually Motorola uh, runs
pretty quick with it. And and like I
[34:39] said, Reed can speak a little further on
that if we need to, uh, from a time span
[34:43] uh, span.
[34:46] » Yeah, timing-wise I think, uh, in terms
of just, you know,
[34:50] after if if this is something that you
guys are looking to do and procure,
[34:54] um,
getting the body worn cameras like set
[34:58] up, that's about 90 days.
Um,
[35:04] the BDA and the cameras are going to
probably take the longest just because
[35:08] that is going to be a lot of
coordination making sure that, um, MCA
[35:12] and our partners can can get to the
location safely and install that in a in
[35:17] a in a manner that they can. So, there's
just going to be a lot of coordination
[35:19] that's going to come with that.
Um, but in terms of things in the cloud,
[35:24] um,
that would be Command Central Aware and
[35:26] the body worn cameras. We're going to
get that spun up within 3 months of, uh,
[35:31] that that signature coming in.
[35:36] » Okay. So, while we while we figure out
the payments, then how long does it take
[35:41] I mean, how much time do you need before
like the first payment is is due?
[35:46] » Sure. So, first payment is not due for
an entire for 365 days after the the
[35:51] signature.
>> Okay. Yeah, you did say it was in
[35:53] arrears. So, all you need is is just an
approval and then a commitment to pay.
[35:59] » Yeah, more Yeah, in terms of the
municipal leases and how they work for
[36:02] us is,
uh, we'll we'll send you over a contract
[36:07] and a draft of kind of the language
that's that's tied to it. Uh, but really
[36:11] it's, you know, making sure that this is
presented to the the citizens of Jasper
[36:15] County and then your county attorney
making sure that, uh, you guys have gone
[36:18] through the necessary steps, uh, legally
to to procure this off of a lease.
[36:22] That's that's more or less kind of what
it is.
[36:27] » Just a general question, Don Kemp.
Who owns the You have I may have missed
[36:33] this, but you have storage A lot of this
stuff is storage, right? Who owns the
[36:37] storage?
>> We guys don't own it.
[36:40] No, we store it, uh but it is all your
data and and metadata. So, all the
[36:44] videos and information that's tied to it
is all of your own uh to do with what
[36:51] you will. We are just storing it for you
guys as a service.
[36:54] » Do you know if like for example, if they
don't they can go through you to get the
[36:58] store get the information, or do they
have
[37:00] » No, they cannot. That is They would have
to go through you. It is your
[37:03] information and yours. Uh we And then
you guys have access to the system to
[37:07] then pull the video uh should a FOIA
request come in.
[37:11] Uh all of that's going to be dictated
through you guys uh since it's all of
[37:14] your data. We don't We don't own it. Um
we don't do anything with it. We don't
[37:18] sell it. It's all yours.
>> So, when you have that you have a
[37:22] request, do we request you, or do we
request
[37:26] Do we do it ourselves?
>> You do you do it yourself. So, if your
[37:28] FOIA request came in for the detention
center, uh that would obviously come in
[37:32] through the sheriff's office, I would
imagine, and then the sheriff's office
[37:36] would would query and do what they
needed to do to uh facilitate that FOIA
[37:41] request.
[37:45] » Okay, so there's no no additional charge
for research.
[37:50] » No.
[37:54] » Yeah, I still have a question about
commitment time. When do you need a
[37:57] commitment by?
Do you have a
[38:00] before this price changes or whatever?
>> Yeah, I mean, it it it comes down to I
[38:05] know this takes time um especially with
running with the lease. If you guys say
[38:08] yes, we want to go this route, uh we
will maintain the pricing as well as the
[38:13] uh the lease rate
um for however long that takes, whether
[38:16] that's, you know, three, four readings,
whatever it is, we will maintain that.
[38:20] Um but the pricing that
that have that we'll we'll send over to
[38:25] uh the Sheriff's Department will be good
for uh 90 days.
[38:29] » All right, thanks.
>> Another another great thing about this
[38:33] is MCA, they will do all the maintenance
stuff. So, if we have a problem, the
[38:35] camera goes down,
we call them, they come in, they fix it,
[38:39] they deal with it. We don't have to tie
up our county IT, etc. So, that that's
[38:43] kind of a one-stop shop when it comes
into the maintenance side, also.
[38:55] » I don't have any other questions.
[39:04] » I'd like to know what Jim thinks about
it.
[39:10] » Sheriff, do you all have any additional
information?
[39:14] Or and if not,
um, we'll see if there's any additional
[39:18] questions.
>> Uh, we don't, but I believe in my
[39:22] personal opinion, I would I would like
us to do a workshop face-to-face.
[39:27] So, we kind of can
dive deeper into the technologies. And I
[39:30] know they did a great overview today,
but I
[39:34] I think we can share more candidly
face-to-face and that kind of thing. So,
[39:38] uh, I don't know if that's possible, but
I'd like to do a a face-to-face
[39:41] workshop, so we kind of can get into
nuts and bolts, so we all
[39:45] so you guys
clearly, but everyone kind of can
[39:49] understand
really how long this technology is going
[39:52] to last and the the cutting edge and
what is coming down
[39:56] all the above.
>> If possible, would MCA be willing to do
[40:00] like a demo and kind of show some of
this stuff for um,
[40:05] council on how it works, some of the
deficiencies that you have in there with
[40:09] um, and why you're looking at it.
[40:15] » Yeah, absolutely. So, so one of the
things that we do have from from
[40:18] Motorola's standpoint, up in Lexington,
we have innovation center up there that
[40:24] houses all of the Motorola technologies
basically in in one under one roof, if
[40:29] you will. And one of the things that
they can do is they can also do a
[40:35] live demo
to you
[40:38] online as well.
So, that we can do we can do that
[40:43] straight from the innovation center in
Lexington. I know it's difficult lot of
[40:47] times to get everybody up to Lexington
to the physical building, but we can
[40:50] bring the building to you via, you know,
Zoom or whatever. But, we also can be
[40:55] there physically with you with equipment
as well to show you how it works and
[41:00] that kind of thing from the new
technology we have. But, one of the good
[41:04] things is always being able to see
something live is a lot better than, you
[41:08] know, going through a PowerPoint and
that kind of thing.
[41:11] You know, lot of people they don't want
to see slides, they want to see
[41:13] something that's working live and they
and how well it works. And that's one of
[41:16] the things that the innovation center
gives to us the ability up in Columbia
[41:20] or Lexington to do that for you. And so,
so we all we always have the ability to
[41:25] be able to go there.
The chief and the major from the
[41:28] sheriff's department was able to go up
a couple weeks ago a few weeks ago and
[41:33] they were able to kind of see firsthand
what we had up there and that kind of
[41:36] thing so they could see the technology
was there. But, then also again, we got
[41:41] the ability to be able to bring that to
you live, you know, via Zoom or whatever
[41:45] into wherever you want to meet at. And
then, you know, being being able to have
[41:49] some some live stuff physically in the
room with you. We can do that as well.
[41:54] » So, Sheriff, I don't need to go to the
innovation center. I pretty have a good
[42:00] concept of all this just with my
knowledge on it. But, would you all be
[42:05] willing to
take some council members up there and
[42:09] and
and show them
[42:12] that if they would agree to to go. I
will tell you the next couple weeks are
[42:17] super slammed with workshops and other
things that we're having to do with
[42:21] other county business, but
um I'll get with the
[42:25] uh clerk and see some available dates in
the near future. And it might be a good
[42:31] idea to for folks to actually see
something tangible how it works.
[42:35] » Absolutely. That's kind of what I want I
want you guys to understand fully what
[42:39] we're doing what we're doing and the
ability of it all.
[42:42] The advantages to it for us, you know,
how how it's going to create safety and
[42:46] how it's going to help even prevent some
things when it comes to the AI process
[42:50] of the camera system, etc. There's a lot
a lot of things that it does that we
[42:54] just have not touched and I won't I want
you guys as a council to understand
[42:58] fully
the cutting edge technology that's
[43:00] available to us through the system. So,
I would love to do that. I'd love you
[43:04] guys to be a part of it. When it's women
do that, we'd definitely facilitate
[43:08] the logistics of getting you up there
and back.
[43:11] Absolutely.
>> With it being such a big capital
[43:14] purchase or and budgeting for multiple
years, I think it it would be a good
[43:19] idea, but we'll we'll cross that bridge
soon and [clears throat] figure it out.
[43:23] » Absolutely.
>> Yeah, Chairman Row, when I visited with
[43:26] uh
Sheriff Malphus couple of months ago, um
[43:31] he said all this and so I know there's a
need there. He also said about the
[43:34] generator, so I know there's a need
there. One thing I want to make sure of,
[43:38] I just want to know the difference in
cost, you know, long-term over the lease
[43:42] versus paying up front. I know there's
some pros and cons either way, uh
[43:47] whether it be um
you know, the updates or or some of the
[43:51] things that
uh Councilman Ciccarelli brought up. Um
[43:55] but if I if I could see that, what it's
actually going to cost us, what's the
[43:58] cons and pros both ways.
And I already know the need is there. Um
[44:04] and as long as Jim says we can figure
out how to get the money. I mean, that's
[44:08] really all I'm I'm needing if we could
get that.
[44:12] Then I'm that's the only thing I could
think of that I would want to know.
[44:16] » So, Reed, I don't know if that is more
in your wheelhouse to to look at the
[44:21] finance and packages or
lease versus own versus
[44:28] the different options, but if you could
provide some details
[44:32] to the sheriff that he can get the
council that would be greatly
[44:35] appreciated.
>> Absolutely. And you know, even with this
[44:38] lease, you guys are going to own own all
the equipment and everything afterwards.
[44:41] So, this is a lease-to-own, not a
lease-to-rent
[44:44] solution. So,
but I can absolutely kind of go through
[44:48] the the pros and cons of what would be a
large capital purchase versus kind of
[44:52] like an operation operational
expenditure
[44:55] and what that would look like.
[44:59] » Any other questions by council?
>> No, it sounds like a great product.
[45:08] » Any other questions from sheriff's
office or MCA for council?
[45:14] » I just wanted to throw it out there that
as MCA, we're already your Motorola
[45:17] contractors at your dispatch center. We
maintain all the equipment in there as
[45:21] well as the tower sites and wild house
as well. So, we have people that are
[45:27] local and by local I mean during the
daytime a 10-to-15-minutes response to a
[45:31] to an incident. At nighttime, it's
actually less because two of the
[45:35] technicians actually live in Richmond.
So,
[45:38] you know, that's that's one of the
pluses of this service is going to
[45:42] always be there and be there quickly.
[45:46] » Thank you. Uh
Jim, you have anything for council or
[45:50] MCA?
>> Uh no, just to make sure that we're
[45:54] coordinating with Kim to make sure that
we get
[45:58] uh the state procurement stuff squared
away before we come to the council uh
[46:03] with this and uh make sure that uh we
have uh that all squared away so there's
[46:09] no questions when we're ready to uh make
this thing happen, uh we don't have to
[46:14] backpedal.
>> Right. If you'd like, I can
[46:17] I can send over the state contract
numbers uh after we're done here so that
[46:20] you guys can take a look at that uh and
what is already on there.
[46:23] » And y'all are Sourcewell as well,
correct?
[46:26] » We are Sourcewell as well, yes, sir. So
we can whichever procurement method you
[46:29] would like, we can we can kind of craft
it to
[46:33] uh
your procurement director's kind of
[46:34] discretion.
>> I think that's very positive and and
[46:38] again, that's just want to make sure
that that is covered uh so that uh we
[46:43] don't run into a problem a couple months
from now.
[46:45] » Understood.
[46:48] » Again, thank you everyone for being a
being a part of this. I realize it's a
[46:51] it's a big undertaking
for this to happen, but like I said, we
[46:55] just want to make sure everyone is up to
par on all the information to make a
[46:59] proper decision.
[47:02] » Well, thank you, Sheriff, and thank you,
MCA, for the presentation.
[47:06] Um I'm sure we'll be back in touch in
the near future with some pricing and
[47:11] some other things to discuss.
Um with that being said, all we need is
[47:16] one more motion and that is a motion to
adjourn.
[47:20] » I'll make a motion to adjourn.
>> We have a motion. Do we have a second?
[47:25] » I'll second.
>> We have a motion and a second. All in
[47:27] favor, raise your right hand and say
aye.
[47:30] » Aye.
[47:32] » Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you, MCA.
>> Thank y'all so much.
[47:35] » Thank you, guys.
>> Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you for your
[47:36] time.
>> Good job.