Nevada Police gets new technology

Nevada Daily Mail

The Nevada City Council moved the Nevada Police Department further into using modern technology when it voted 4-0, with Jayne Novak excused, to accept the award of a Live Scan Station from the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program, which is managed by the Missouri Police Chief's Charitable Foundation during Tuesday night's council meeting.

"The Morpho Trak Live Scan is an electronic, advanced fingerprint capture device. Fingerprints are rolled across a glass plate and scanned. It is faster, cleaner, and more accurate than the old ink and roll method on paper cards. This state-of-the-art device will allow Nevada Police Officers to more accurately obtain fingerprints," City Manager JD Kehrman told the council.

"This is a reliable piece of equipment," Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley told the council, adding the agency he formerly worked for, has been using the same equipment for 10 years.

Burnley said this will also benefit the Municipal Court, which sometimes needs fingerprints takes, and currently it has to send people to the Vernon County Sheriff's Office to have prints takes with its Live Scan.

"It is very powerful," Burnley said.

This equipment is valued at $22,666 and includes 100 percent of the actual cost of the hardware, installation and on-site training, with no local funding requirement.

The council also accepted the award of one License Plate Reader for the Nevada Police Department from the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program.

"This equipment will be mounted on one NPD patrol car and will aid Nevada Police officers in searching for vehicles that have been reported stolen, are suspected of being involved in criminal or terrorist activities, owned by persons wanted by authorities, assist in AMBER alerts, and any number of other legitimate reasons." Kehrman told the council.

This equipment is valued at $15,435 and includes 100 percent of the actual cost of the hardware, installation and on-site-training, with no requirement for local funding.

In other business the council:

* Voted 4-0, to accept the low bid of $3,875 each for two Starlite trailers from Frye Farms Starlite. The total cost will be $7,750.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the sole bid from Murphy Tractors of $148,620 for a 2016 crawler loader.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the bid from Heartland Tractor of $41,552 for a SV280 skid steer.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the bid of $12,640 from Cross Roads Sales for a ZTR mower with a front mount deck.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the bid of $84,605 from Freightliner for a 2016 dump truck with automatic transmission.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the low bid of $176,429 for a 2016 motor grader from Foley Equipment.

* Voted 4-0, to accept the sole bid of $8,350 from Max Motors for a 2016 bucket truck.

* Voted 4-0, to pass on first reading a special ordinance changing the zoning at 215 N. Chestnut St., at the owner's request, from R-2, two-family, to RP-2, planned two-family zoning to permit additional duplexes to be constructed on the property. There are currently two single-family homes on the property. The planning commission voted at its April meeting to send a positive recommendation to the city council.

* Voted 4-0 against opting out of the annual back-to-school sales tax holiday. This means that certain school supplies will be able to be purchased in Nevada without paying sales tax from 12:01 a.m., Friday Aug. 5, through Sunday Aug. 7. The city of Nevada has participated in the sales tax holiday since 2005.