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goo Visual Labs Response to Request for Proposal - 5BPD Body Camera/In-Car Video Project September 1, 2017 City of South Bend, Indiana Board, of Public Works -County City Building 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, Suite 1316 South Bend, IN 46601 *T91 VIVII "M I Ke- =1 Visual Labs, Inc. is pleased to respond to the Request for Proposal regarding the South Bend Police Department (SBPD) Body Camera/In-Car Video Project. As you will see in this response to the RFP, the Visual Labs solution is unique in that it does not rely on proprietary vendor hardware. The solution uses a fully -functioning, off -the -shelf smartphone -- a "smart device" -- as the video/audio recording device. The choice of hardware is at the discretion of the agency. By using a connected device, the solution provides significant enhancements to officer safety, such as the ability to view a livestrearn video from an officer's camera, and even remotely Initiate that livestrearn if needed. As a point of emphasis, the livestrearning capability and other officer safety features are available wherever sufficient cellular data connectivity exists. In other words, these features are NOT dependent on an officer being physically nearby a separate hardware device, for example, a router in a vehicle. Accordingly, the features of the Visual Labs body camera system are available to officers on foot or bicycle patrol, and when an officer is away from a vehicle, such as in a foot pursuit. This is not the case with certain other systems on the market. We understand that the SBPD has been field testing body cameras and in -car camera systems for quite some time. You may know that we were not part of that field testing program, possibly because SBPD was not aware that our, solution existed. As you will see by our response to the RFP, we meet virtually every single requirement set forth. Further, we believe we will be the most cost-effective solution, one that officers will find to be the easiest to use, and a solution that can be, deployed extremely quickly and efficiently. Upon review of the RFP, it appears that It was written with one specific vendor in mind., Nonetheless, we are undertaking the effort to respond to the RFP in the hopes that SBPD will act in good faith and fairly evaluate all responses, and that it has not pre -selected a preferred vendor from the field testing program. 607 Menlo Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 (818) 919-9802