Purpose

Deliver the replacement of 40 two-way radios
used by Parking Civil Enforcement Officers (CEO) when patrolling
within the community as lone workers. CEOs use radios as for
personal safety against violence and aggression and effective
deployment/resolution of issues with direct contact with all
officers simultaneously. This equipment meets Health and Safety
obligations for us to monitor staff safety.

The current radios utilise obsolete infrastructure with increased
risk of downtime and this project will replace them with modern
push to talk systems precuded by IT and managed internally.

The equipment includes an emergency alert to allow CEOs to request
urgent assistance rapidly and discretely in the event of violence
or aggression being directed towards them.

Decision

To fully approve £30k of capital budget,
fully funded by Service Supported Borrowing