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tf <br />t-y <br />'V <br />Vi-,. <br />-»! <br />Oat«: <br />Tot <br />Froa: <br />Subject: <br />November 17, 1994 <br />Ron Hooree, City Administrator <br />Steve Sullivan, Chief of Police <br />Request to Purchase and Install <br />Equipment Necessary to Comply <br />With Scales Rules <br />The Hinnesota Supreme Court mandated *n State vs. Seales <br />that: All custodial interrogation including any information <br />about rights, any waiver of those rights, and all questioning <br />shall be electronically recorded where feasible and must toe <br />recorded when questioning occurs in a place of detention. The <br />County Attorney has advised that "place of detention” iwuld <br />include the entire police department building and not just the <br />holding cell area. <br />To meet these requirements, X request that we purchase and <br />install approximately $3400 worth of recording equipment. The <br />equipment would be a Sony dual tape recorder to record <br />conversation, duplicate tapes if a defense attorney demands a <br />copy, and function as a transcriber when necessary (not all tapes <br />need to be typed.) There would be four remote microphones placed <br />in the secure interview room, the Xntoxilyser room, the soft <br />interview room, and the conference room. The $3400 estimate also <br />indues the cost of cable and installation charges. <br />Additionally, the secure interview room has a horrible echo <br />effect that makes tape recording almost impossible. This <br />‘ * I thecondition would be remedied by carpeting the floor and the walls <br />to a height of five feet off the floor. We have an estimate of <br />carpet and labor of $600. <br />I request authorization to spend $4000 to m^et the state <br />mandated recording of in-custody interrogations. I recommend that <br />drug forfeiture money be used for this purpose.