Citywide Surveillance System Update
- This RFP had a pre-bid event.
The City of Compton, incorporated in 1888, and known as the "Hub City", has a
population of approximately 100,000 residents, and covers a geographical area of
approximately 10 square miles.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) currently provides policing
services to the citizens of Compton. The City has taken a proactive and progressive
approach to law enforcement and to that end, has provided a citywide surveillance
system for use by LASD, to aid law enforcement personnel in their mission of providing
a safe environment for all Compton residents.
This citywide surveillance system has been deployed in several phases, with the initial
phase occurring in 2007. While the system has been upgraded over time, some of the
legacy networking equipment from 2007 remains in use, as well as the initial License
Plate Recognition (LPR) deployment at Gateway with the 6 original PIPS LPR cameras
still in use.
In 2011 the City began an expansion of the 2007 surveillance system that included
thirteen city parks - completed in two phases, upgraded the 2007 Gateway Town Center
installation, then a later expansion of the Gateway Town Center system as the shopping
center grew. Then in 2014 the City expanded the system significantly to cover multiple
intersection locations as identified by LASD, and also expanded the LPR component of
the system. Part of 2014 citywide expansion included integrating the Martin Luther King
Transit Center camera system, and also utilizing the wireless infrastructure to support
traffic flow information at multiple intersections to the Traffic Management Operations
Center (TMOC).
This surveillance system has not been maintained and requires repairs and other
attention to restore it to full functionality.
Also, the City desires an ongoing relationship with the selected vendor for a
maintenance agreement to keep the system fully functioning going forward.
Additionally, the City has been experiencing illegal dumping at multiple locations
throughout Compton, and would like to acquire portable camera devices that can
integrate with the existing system and be easily relocated.
