Appropriations Request - Texas Department of Public Safety

3.A. STRATEGY REQUEST
8200 Regular Session, Agency Submission, Version I
Automated Budget and Evaluation System ofTexas (ABEST)
DATE:
TIME:
812112010
1:41 :OIPM
Agency code: 405
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Agency name: Department of Public Safety
GOAL:
2 Enhance Public Safety
Statewide Goal/Benchmark:
5 0
OBJECTIVE:
2 Improve lnteroperability
Service Categories:
STRATEGY:
Public Safety Communications
Service: 34
Income: A.2
Age: B.3
CODE
DESCRIPTION
Exp 2009
Est2010
Bud 2011
BL2012
BL2013
SUBTOTAL, MOF (FEDERAL FUNDS)
$0
$5,759.698
so
so
$0
Method of Financing:
6 State Highway Fund
666 Appropriated Receipts
$ 11,500,379
$353
$317,917
$267
5218,121
$0
5218,121
$0
$218,121
$0
SUBTOTAL, MOF (OTHER FUNDS)
511.500,732
$318,184
$218,121
$218,121
$218,121
TOTAL, METHOD OF FINANCE (INCLUDING RIDERS)
$11 ,901,084
$11,901,080
TOTAL, METHOD OF FINANCE (EXCLUDING RIDERS)
$11 ,500,732
$18,401,064
$12,541,303
5J 1,901,084
511,901,080
FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS:
274.2
269.7
269.0
269.0
269.0
STRATEGY DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION:
The enabling statute is Chapter 411 Government Code. The Public Safety Communications Bureau is authorized by Government Code 41 1.043.
The Public Safety Communications Bureau operates and maintains a statewide radio and computer aided dispatch (CAD) system to provide public safety communications to
department personnel. The bureau consists of 270 civilian employees operating 32 communications facilities and 10 wireless radio shops strategically located throughout the state
to provide communications dispatch services and installation/maintenance/programming of 156 radio towers, 350 base stations/repeaters! receivers!microwave links, 3894 vehicle
radios and approximately 4700 portable radios.
The bureau provides critical interoperable communications support to department personnel and other first responders statewide during catastrophic natural or man-made
disasters. The bureau maintains the State Technology Reserve (STR) for deployable interoperable communications equipment consisting of four mobile communications command
trailers, one radio site on wheels, five video teleconferencing units and five field support unit trailers housing portable radio cache's of 1000 portable radios, portable repeaters,
portable gateway devices, satellite telephones and other communications equipment strategically located throughout the state. The bureau also operates a Technical Assistance
and Field Support unit to provide leadership in collaborating with local, state and federal entities to advance interoperable communications planning and implementation
throughout the state.
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