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DESCRIPTION:There is a good chance that the only reason this is even appearing on a 
 committee meeting agenda is because the sum is more than $100,000 otherwise 
 the citizens would not have known of this.  One might wonder if this 
 purchase came out of the recent Urban Shield vendor weapons display.  The 
 Oakland Police Dept will say the shotguns they already have are old and 
 overused – which is a tired argument.  Municipal police departments are 
 not supposed to be firing weapons aside from on the firing range and these 
 weapons – if maintained – will last for a very long time.\n \n \nCity 
 of Oakland  Finance & Management Committee\n \nagenda:  
 https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=438183&GUID=870CC6B8-C33D-4CC6-90DE-EB25690D1AF2\n 
 \n4  Subject: Purchase of Remington Shotguns and Accessories\nFrom: Finance 
 Department\nRecommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City 
 Administrator To Award A Contract To LC Action Police Supply, The Lowest 
 Responsible, Responsive Bidder, A Corporation, To Provide Remington 
 Shotguns And Accessories, In An Amount Not To Exceed One Hundred 
 Twenty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars And Twenty Cents 
 ($127,195.20) Per Request For Quotation (RFQ) No. 5608, Specification No. 
 15-680-52 And The General Conditions Therefor On File In The Purchasing 
 Section According To Its Bid Filed With The City On June 29, 2015\nReport:  
 https://oakland.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=4074493&GUID=149FAD3F-B502-479F-9BA0-C06D8558303E\n 
 \nOPD wants to purchase 121 REMINGTON 870 18" barrel shotguns at roughly 
 $300 per gun.  
 http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model-870/model-870-express-synthetic-18inch.aspx 
   The add-ons push the price to over $1,000 per shotgun.  These include:  
 https://www.xssights.com/ and Vang Comp Ghost Ring Sights  
 http://www.vangcomp.com/shop/vang-comp-ghost-ring-sight-set  Notice the 
 following quote:  "Vang Comp Ghost Ring Sights turn your basic shotgun into 
 an effective combat tool.  By having these sights installed on your shotgun 
 you increase the range at which you can effectively send slugs downrange.  
 It's not just the slugs that receive a performance boost but the Ghost Ring 
 sight picture offers the perfect balance between speedy target acquisition 
 and pinpoint accuracy."\n \n \nFrom the resolution ...  "WHEREAS, funds are 
 available in the General Purpose Fund (1010), District Command 
 Administration Organization (108010), Supplies Technical and Scientific 
 Account (52913), Undetermined Project (0000000), Community Oriented 
 Policing Services Program (COPS) ..."    COPS?!  Is that what residents 
 considered community-oriented policing?  Or would they consider proper 
 rubber-soled walking shoes to be community-oriented policing?\n\nThis is 
 about priorities and stockpiling weapons for the upcoming repression.  When 
 combined with the OPD request of $279,000 for 8 “paddy wagons” to be 
 heard later in the day, OPD will be consuming over $400,000.  Funds that 
 this supposed cash-strapped city could easily direct elsewhere.\n \n 
 \nEither appear in person or contact the four council members who warm the 
 chairs on this committee to say NO to these purchases:  
 DKalb@oaklandnet.com; AGuillen@oaklandnet.com; LMcelhaney@oaklandnet.com; 
 ACampbell-Washington@oaklandnet.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/19/18779056.php
SUMMARY:Oakland City Council to approve $127k for 121 OPD shotguns
LOCATION:Oscar Grant Plaza / City Hall\nOakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/10/19/18779056.php
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