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5 <br />April 26, 1994 <br />Mr. Fred Gebhardt, President <br />The Hundred Club of Houston, Inc. <br />6910 Fannin, Suite 325N <br />Houston, Texas 77030 <br />Dear Mr. Gebhardt <br />The City of La Porte is requesting your assistance in acquiring a new modular radio console <br />system for our Police Department Communications Center. Our existing radio console, a <br />Motorola Modcom, was installed in 1974, and as a result has become obsolete when <br />compared to the technological advances over the last twenty years. Not only is the present <br />console system incompatible with modern technologies, most major repair parts for this <br />model are no longer available. The reliability of our console becomes more questionable <br />as time passes, since its age places our responsiveness to the citizens of the communities we <br />serve in jeopardy, while at the same time giving a false sense of safety to our Police Officers. <br />The safety of our Police Department personnel will be enhanced with a new modular radio <br />console which would provide a method of constantly monitoring an officer's location and <br />status. The purchase of a new radio console in today's market is approximately $128,000. <br />The La. Porte Communications Division of the Police Department is responsible for dispatch <br />service not only to the City of La Porte, but also, to the City of Morgan Is Point and the <br />City of Shoreacres, an area of approximately thirty (30) square miles. Harris County <br />Constable Precinct 8, the Texas Highway Patrol, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife <br />Department are additional users of La Porte Is radio frequency. <br />The projected benefit to those relying on La Porte Is communications system would be an <br />efficient and responsive method of monitoring an officer's location and status. This would <br />result in greater protection for the officers and the community. <br />