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Carroll County commissioners place $196,197 equipment request for 12 patrol cars on consent

Carroll County Board of Commissioners · October 31, 2025

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Captain Keith Price requested $196,197.31 to outfit 12 patrol vehicles with push bumpers, consoles, radios, cameras, and striping. Commissioners agreed to place the item on the consent agenda.

Captain Keith Price asked the Board of Commissioners to approve $196,197.31 to equip 12 recently purchased patrol vehicles with push bumpers, cages, consoles, radios, cameras and decal striping. He said 10 of the cars will receive new in-car Getac camera systems and 10 new body-worn cameras will replace aging units.

Price told commissioners the department is requesting Metropolitan Communications as the vendor because the company is local, typically beats out-of-county bidders on price, and offers faster service when a vehicle needs attention. He also said switching to the Getac camera system uses cloud-based storage maintained by the camera vendor and removes the need for a county-hosted video server; the county will pay an annual hosting fee.

Commissioners asked about vendor selection and IT storage; Price answered that local service and cloud hosting drove the recommendation. The board agreed to place the equipment purchase on the consent agenda for the upcoming business meeting.