The sheriff’s department has extended its arrangement with the U.S. Marine Corps for the provision of law enforcement data system retrieval and breathalyzer availability.
Overall, the federal government will pay the county $14,509 for the use of its facilities and equipment.
Under one contract, the sheriff’s department will receive $4,587 for continuing to provide the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base at Barstow with access to the sheriff’s automated systems from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.
By state mandate, the department oversees the local switching center that allows access by local law enforcement agencies to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), a state-wide criminal justice database. In turn, the department contracts with various agencies to spread the cost of the system among the agencies using the system. Contracts with federal agencies are renewed annually to revise the fee schedule to ensure proper cost recovery to the county. The amendment to the contract with the Marine Corps approved by the board of supervisors this week exercises the contract’s one year option and increases the contract amount by $4,587 from $2,910 to $7,497.
Additionally, the board approved the continuation of a previous contract with the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms whereby the sheriff’s department will receive $9,922 for providing access to the sheriff’s automated systems and maintaining a breath alcohol analysis instrument from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.
The sheriff’s department provides maintenance and calibration of breath alcohol analysis instruments to local law enforcement and government agencies. That service includes computer support, data upload/storage, program download, instrument diagnostics and reports provided by the department’s scientific investigations division.
The proposed contract is a renewal for the combined services of sheriff’s automated systems, in the amount of $7,522, and the maintenance of one breath alcohol analysis instrument, in the mount of $2,400.