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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - RFP - P847 COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (28)News of record/2 State/2-4 Comics/5 SECTION ocalB FYI/6 Thursday, November 7, 2002 ♦ Fort Collins Coloradoan ♦ E-mail: CityNews@colora City editor: Kathleen Duff, 224-7733 e enc sY ema e�er ernMunicipalCo Beler "It's a tern • teas we're covet bases," Sheri Bebell said o screening c Tiburon pro( Vail hope! tem will be i 20 months. "It's only said. "We'vi work ahead In the c representat agencies v By SARAH LANGBEIN SarahLangbein@cojoradoan.com Fort Collins emergency agencies had to scrap $15 million worth of dispatch equipment within six months of buying it. Now, a year later, they, along with other agencies, are ready to implement a new $3 million countywide dispatch sys- tem. Local law enforcement agencies will share the cost of the computer -aided dis- patch system from San Francisco -based Tiburon. Tiburon, and its 'r o I Dispatch setup will a11ow ag switch. $3,3g4,468 bid, were select- The project includes ed over two other vendors wouldcomputer-aided dispatch, after seven weeks of test- records management and ing. The system was cho- jail management systems, sen for its hardware, war- along with automatic vehi- ranty, implementation cle locators and mobile lap - plan, functionality, refer- tops. ences and price. That means departments "The numbers in terms and agencies can share in - of cost are not necessarily formation such as reports firm ' said Larry Vail, Fort and jail records without Collins police computer- hassle. aided dispatch system proj-us "For 30 years it s Jim ect manager• `total sys- been talk," cally replacing encies to commumca e Alderden said in Septem- ber when the top vendors were selected. "This time, I think we're going to pull it off." Fort Collins police, PFA and PVA triedboughull t aitOff $15 when they gh million system from Boul- der -based Printrack last year. Not more than six months later, the equip- ment was boxed up and sent back to Printrack be- cause of unforeseen ]inks. Those kinks were never disclosed because the con- tract with Printrack pre- vented the agencies from revealing the problems. No one person took the heat for the failed system; instead it was called a com- bination of issues between the agencies and vendor. The agencies got a fulland fund for the equipment software, minus $452,214 for components kept by PFA and the Fort Collins See Sl tern.... Tiburon has a ma joriry of what we need." The new system olive, allow Fort Collins p the Latimer County Sher- iff sOffice, Poudre Fire Au- thority, Po Valley Am- bulance and Berthoud, Estes Park and Colorado State University police to share information. Volun- teer fire departments, med- icalresponse teams and the U.S. Parks Service also would benefit from the B4, LpCpVSTATE, The Coloradoan, Thursday, November 7, 2002, www.colo Cancer Continued from Page Bl the center to be located here," he said. "I have known for a long time that this is the finest veterinary medicine .program in the entire country." CSU President Albert Yates told Wednesday's standing - room -only crowd that the ad- dition to the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital establishes a center for re- search and animal healing un- paralleled in the world. The wing also houses the Argus Institute, dedicated to the emotional needs of pet owners, and the Shipley Nat- ural Healing Center, devoted to research and education on complimentary veterinary care such as acupuncture. While Schwarzkopfs re- marks wowed the crowd, the biggest applause was reserved for Stephen Withrow, veteri- nary cancer specialist and sur- geon and director of the Ani- mal Cancer Center. It's been Withrow's dream for more 20 years to establish the center, said Dr. Ross Wilkins, a Denver oncologist System Cor inued from Page B1 visits to other communities that use Tiburon call equip- ment. They plan to some Tiburon clients as well, to get a better idea of how reliable the product is. Greeley and Weld Coun- ty currently use an older version of the Tiburon sys- tem, Vail said. With an up- grade in Weld County to the same system, informa- tion sharing could expand. `There is hope we could share criminal nformation across county lines,,, Vail said. Arts 1 By ROBERT WELD The Associated Pres, DENVER tion's declining arts initiatives p; a $25 million bon vate Denver's h Newton Auditor "It was not on a substantial vic wonderful thing a little ragtag gr< stood how impor was. People had how proud they theater," said I manager of De and arenas. "I think tha thought it woul the economy.