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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/pd <br />Item # 10 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 18, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Digital Forensic Annual License Subscription <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Purchase Order Contract to Magnet Forensics, LLC for Digital Forensic Annual License <br />Subscription (Specification No. 25-018) (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize a purchase order to Magnet Forensics, LLC for digital forensic annual license <br />subscription for a one-year term beginning February 18, 2025 and expiring February 17, <br />2026, in an amount not to exceed $57,110. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Police Department strives to provide effective police services with <br />integrity, respect, and compassion while fostering strong partnerships with the <br />community it serves. Recent studies show over 98% of Americans own a cellphone of <br />some kind and 91% of those own a smartphone. With the proliferation of digital device <br />usage, the Police Department needs the tools to be able to unlock iOS and Android <br />devices to obtain and extract evidence efficiently to solve and prosecute criminal cases. <br />The use of this software can and will only be utilized under specific situations. The <br />accessing of digital evidence requires either consent from the owner of the device or <br />judicial processes such as a search warrant. In Orange County, the issuance of a <br />search warrant requires the review and approval of the District Attorney or City <br />Attorney’s Office, and the approval of the sitting Judge from the Orange County <br />Superior Courts. <br />Santa Ana Ordinance No. NS-3041 authorizes the City to make non-bid purchases <br />of services, supplies, materials, and equipment whenever it shall appear that there is <br />only one reasonably available source. Staff researched available procurement options <br />and product offerings in the market and determined that the digital forensic annual <br />subscription offered by Magnet Forensics, LLC was responsive to the specifications and <br />met the Police Department’s requirements. At this time, the vendor has requested a <br />  <br />  <br />City Council 10 – 1 2/18/2025