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FFB 1 0 2003 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION umuixu <br />Date: 2/13/03 <br />Item No: <br />Dq>artment Approval: <br />Name: <br />Title: <br />Stephany Go <br />Chief of PolicecfTr <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />/f"! <br />Item Description: Automated Pawn System (APS) Service <br />Exhibits: <br />DISCUSSION <br />I) The City of Minneapolis has developed and maintains proprietary software and a database for <br />tlio control and regulation of property that is acquired by metropolitan area pawn shops. <br />2) Law enforcement agencies may subscribe to the database through a secured “intranet”. 1 his <br />allows police to and enter and search for items that are reported stolen by businesses and <br />residents. <br />3) The Orono Police Department has frequently used this scr\ icc by sending an Orono officer to <br />the Plymouth Police Department to check the database. The Orono Police Department has <br />enough of a volume of reported stolen property that this practice is not convenient to Orono or <br />Pl>inou(h and is a poor use of investigative time. <br />4) 1 he Orono Police Department has solved cases and recovered property through the use of this <br />system. Orono ofTicers believe that more leads would be developed by having direct access to <br />the database. <br />5) Acquisition of the Aulotnaled Pawn System is expected to cost approximately S500 to set up <br />and train personnel, and a rcoccurring cost of S72/monlh or S864/ycar. The AI*S was an <br />approved 200.3 budget item. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REOtlFSTFn <br />Motion to approve acquisition of the Automated Pawn System,