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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR Costa
County Administrator s
DATE: April 21, 1987
SUBJECT: CAL-ID FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
SPECIFIC REQUESTIS) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) A BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Consider a resolution signifying the intent of Contra Costa County to participate in
and share in the costs of the Regional CAL-ID fingerprint identification system, on a
population basis, as determined by the Local and Regional RAN Boards.
2. Consider authorizing the County Administrator, or his designee, to sign all necessary
documents required by the State Department of General Services for the purchase of
CAL-ID computers and related equipment and materials.
3. Reject the request from the City of Lafayette that the County pay the City's pro-rata
costs for the CAL-ID system and ask City to reconsider its action.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Estimated one-time start-up costs and annual operating costs for CAL-ID are detailed in
the correspondence from Oakland Police Chief George Hart, Chairman of the Regional RAN
(CAL-ID) Board, which your Board considered on March 24, 1987.
Pursuant to SB 190 (Chapter 1234, Statutes of 1985), the State will pay 70 percent of
initial hardware costs of the Regional fingerprint identification system. For the
Alameda-Contra Costa Regional CAL-ID system, the State's share is approximately $1,855,140
of the total system hardware cost of $2,650,200.
As described by Chief Hart in his March 13, 1987 letter, the initial start-up costs and
annual operating costs were allocated by the Regional RAN Board to the two counties on the
basis of population (Alameda = 62.53 percent and Contra Costa = 37.47 percent). Costs for
jurisdictions within each county are shared according to population. This means that
Contra Costa County's share is 18.56 percent of total cost for the county. Based on the
population formula, the County's share of estimated start-up costs is $138,304. Annual
operating costs are projected at $134,140 for the County. However, the system is not
expected to be operational until January 1, 1988. Therefore, Contra Costa County's cost
for participating in the CAL-ID program for fiscal year 1987/88 is estimated at $205,374
(start-up costs and one-half of the annual operating cost). The Sheriff has committed his
Department to saving this amount from its 1986/87 budget to pay for the County's first
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ACTION OF BOARD ON April , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that Resolution 87/191 is ADOPTED as recommended signifying the intent of
participating and sharing cost of the CAL-ID system as in recommendation 1; and the County Administrator
is AUTHORIZED to sign the necessary documents for County involvement in the CAL-ID program as in recommen-
dation 2. Supervisor Schroder moved to deny the request of the City of Lafayette. Supervisor Powers
seconded the motion with the request the City consider the matter again. Supervisor Fanden requested that
the County Administrator, the Sheriff-Coroner and the City Manager of Lafayette negotitate the matter
further. Phil Batchelor, County Administrator advised that the City of Lafayette would always be welcome
in the program. The Board discussed the matter. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED BY THE BOARD that the request
of the City of Lafayette is DENIED; that the County Administrator, Sheriff-Coroner and the City of Lafayette
are REQUESTED to discuss the matter further.
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
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The City of Lafayette's one-time cost is $23,348, with an annual operating cost of
$22,645. The County cannot afford to pay these costs. In implementing SB 190, the
Alameda-Contra Costa Regional RAN Board developed the CAL-ID program as a coordinated
city-county program which requires the full financial participation of all jurisdictions
to work in a truly effective fashion. There are no funds available to pay the City of
Lafayette's share, and to do so would violate the spirit of cooperation upon which the
CAL-ID program rests.
The financial impact of CAL-ID on the County justice system as a whole cannot be
determined at this time. If the fingerprint identification system is as effective as law
enforcement officials have indicated, as many as 500 to 800 new felons could enter the
justice system as a result of CAL-ID. This could affect jail overcrowding as well as
workloads in the District Attorney's Office, Public Defender, conflict defense services,
the Probation Department, and the courts.
Inquiries have been made to other counties with CAL-ID programs to gather information on
the effect of the program on the rest of the justice system. San Francisco, which
implemented a CAL-ID-type system several years ago before partial State funding became
available, has had an operational local system for the longest period of time. Staff in
the Mayor's Office have indicated that no requests for additional resources from the
county justice agencies have been received or granted because of the operation of the
automated fingerprint identification system. The same response has been received from
Orange County and Los Angeles County, which have newer CAL-ID systems that are only
partially operational.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
Prior Board actions on the CAL-ID program were taken on March 19, 1985; May 21, 1985; and
May 6, 1986. On March 19, 1985, your Board acted to support the enabling legislation (SB
190) contingent on the inclusion of funding for the impact of the program on justice
system agencies. The May 21, 1985 Board action authorized the participation in a local
RAN (CAL-ID) Board and appointed a Board representative.
Pursuant to SB 190 (Chapter 1234, Statutes of 1985), the Department of Justice issued
policy regulations and a Statewide RAN Master Plan. These rules require that a county
with less than 1.5 million residents can participate in the program as a Full Use Access
Agency only if it forms a Region with other counties to attain the minimum population
base. In the spring of 1986, the Alameda-Contra Costa Regional RAN Board was established,
with Board representation (Board Order of May 6, 1986). The charge of the Regional RAN
Board is to explore the possibility of a joint Alameda-Contra Costa Regional CAL-ID
network, to determine costs of the system, and to develop joint operating and fiscal
policies and procedures. The report of that Regional RAN Board was transmitted to you in
Chief George Hart's March 13, 1987 correspondence to you.
CAL-ID will be an extremely powerful tool to help law enforcement improve public safety.
As a Full Use Access Agency, the Alameda-Contra Costa CAL-ID network will be capable of
identifying fingerprints within the Region, as well as accessing Department of Justice
files on-line in Sacramento. CAL-ID will make it possible to immediately identify all
arrested persons, regardless of aliases. This will minimize the possibility of releasing
wanted persons from custody. Most importantly, previously unsolvable crimes can be solved
from "cold" searches of fingerprints left at the scene of a crime. This will help to
identify criminals early in their careers and to arrest and incarcerate them before they
can commit more crimes.
Resolutions of participation and commitments to fund the CAL-ID program have been received
from the following jurisdictions in Contra Costa County: Antioch, Brentwood, Clayton,
Concord, Danville, E1 Cerrito, Hercules, Kensington, Martinez, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg,
Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek. Although we have not yet received
resolutions from the cities of Moraga and San Pablo, we have been assured that their
councils have passed such resolutions. Only the City of Lafayette has not committed to
participating in the CAL-ID program, as requested by the Local and Regional RAN Boards.
The City has requested that the County pay Lafayette's share.
It should be noted that any jurisdiction not participating in the Regional RAN network
will not have use of its file search capabilities. This policy was reaffirmed at the
April 1, 1987 Regional RAN Board meeting by unanimous vote. In compliance with this
policy, Sheriff Rainey has stated that his Department will not provide any CAL-ID
fingerprint services to any non-participating jurisdictions. Also, Department of Justice
regulations prohibit the State from providing fingerprint searches for jurisdictions not
participating in their Regional network. This would mean that any non-participating
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jurisdiction would have no data base available to it to search fingerprints against. The
ability of such jurisdictions to solve crimes-in their communities would be severely
hampered.
The Regional RAN Board provided for the possibility of non-participating jurisdictions to
join the Regional RAN later. At its April 1, 1987 meeting, the RAN Board decided that any
jurisdiction which does not initially participate in the Regional RAN network can join at
a later time when that jurisdiction pays its pro-rata share of initial implementation
costs and annual operating costs from the beginning of the program. This policy means
that it will not benefit any jurisdiction financially to delay participation in the
program. All the costs from the beginning will have to be paid at the time of joining the
network.
The Alameda County Local RAN Board has informed to us that all jurisdictions in Alameda
County have indicated their commitment to participate in the CAL-ID program.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
It is unlikely that the Alameda-Contra Costa Regional CAL-ID program would be feasible
without the participation of the County of Contra Costa. Probably no jurisdiction in
Alameda and Contra Costa County would be able to take advantage of this technological
advance in law enforcement. According to State Department of Justice staff, State funds
set aside in the 1986/87 State budget for the State's share of the Region's equipment cost
will no longer be available if they are not encumbered before the end of this fiscal year.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 21 , 1987 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers , Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson and McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION
NO. 87/191
SUBJECT: SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA'S SHARE OF THE COST OF THE
ALAMEDA/CONTRA COSTA AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 190 (Chapter 1234, Statutes of 1985) authorizes
participation of California law enforcement in the Remote Access Network (RAN) of
the California Identification System (CAL-ID); and
WHEREAS, it is acknowledged that the local implementation of CAL-ID will help
solve crimes and provide a safer environment for the citizens of our County; and
WHEREAS, a region composed of the area ,of the counties of Alameda and Contra
Costa has been formed for the implementation and operation of an Automated
Fingerprint Identification System in compliance with Senate Bill 190; and
WHEREAS, Section 11112.5(a) of the Penal Code provides that costs for equipment
purchase, based upon the master plan approved by the Attorney General, including
state sales tax, freight, insurance and installation, shall be prorated between the
State and local government entity; and
WHEREAS, the State's share shall be 70% (or approximately 1,.855 million
dollars) and local government's share will be 307 of these costs; and
WHEREAS, Section 11112.5(d) of the Penal Code provides that local government
shall be responsible for all costs related to site preparation, equipment
maintenance, ongoing operation costs, file conversion costs and enhancements which
exceed the basic design specifications of the California Department of Justice; and
WHEREAS, there will be costs for implementation and operation of a local
subsystem within Contra Costa County; and .
WHEREAS, a local RAN Board has been established for the area of Contra Costa
County comprised of the following members: a member of the Board of Supervisors,
the Sheriff, the District Attorney, the Chief of Police of the city having the
largest number of sworn personnel, a Chief of Police selected by all other police
chiefs within the County, a Mayor selected by the Mayors' Conference and a member at
large chosen by other members; and
WHEREAS, the Regional and Local RAN Boards have identified an implementation
and cost sharing plan based on users' population.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA WILL:
Support its share of the cost of the Alameda/Contra Costa Automated fingerprint
Identification System based on the County's percentage of unincorporated population
to the total population of the County of Contra Costa and consistent with the budget
approved by the Local and Regional RAN Boards.
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
en action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supe ors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: ,In
PHIL BATC LOR,Clerk of the Board
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Resolution 87/191