At Tuesday’s Yuba City Council meeting, Yuba City POlice Chief Jim Runyen said the Yuba City Police Department (YCPD) hopes to adopt the RIMS Integrated Public Safety software and computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system, integrating it with the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO), the Marysville Police Department (MPD) and the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO).He said an integrated system “improves investigation and collaboration with the other agencies.”
“This supports the strategic goal of the city, public safety, strengthens law enforcement relationships in the area, [and] improves emergency response,” Runyen said.
The integrated system would also open the possibility of a consolidated dispatch system for the four agencies down the road.
“Right now, all four agencies are using different management records systems, which is just a huge issue for consolidated dispatch at this time,” Runyen said.
The YCSO, which already utilizes RIMS, is seeking a federal grant of $2.6 million from the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) for YCPD, SCSO and MPD, said Runyen.
The grant, if secured, would cover the initial implementation costs of the CAD system for the YCPD, MPD and SCSO, Runyen said.
Initiated by the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1995, the NCHIP “provides direct awards and technical assistance to states and localities to improve the quality, timeliness and immediate accessibility of criminal history records and related information,” BJS’ website states.
There would be no immediate fiscal cost to the city, Runyen said. Annual maintenance fees for the new CAD system would be lower than the YCPD’s current maintenance fees, he added.
The city council voted unanimously to approve a letter of commitment with the YCSO for the potential future agreement to utilize RIMS.
“This is so overdue,” Vice Mayor Marc Boomgaarden said. “It pleases me to know and to see that we’re finally taking a look at a records management system, and the bonus being that it would be region-wide.”
Initiated by the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 1995, the NCHIP “provides direct awards and technical assistance to states and localities to improve the quality, timeliness and immediate accessibility of criminal history records and related information,” BJS’ website states.
The Marysville City Council also voted Tuesday to provide a letter of commitment to Yuba County that it would participate in the program.
Budgetary measures implemented by the Trump administration have disrupted federal departments, programs and funding. According to its website, the DOJ has not released solicitation for NCHIP 2025 grant applications. However, in the past few years, solicitations were released in March and applications closed in late May. If 2025 follows this pattern, NCHIP solicitation should open within the next couple of weeks.
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