“Review of the grant file did not indicate that any sole source justification documents were submitted by the grantee or processed by the COPS office.”

March 29, 2012 – Holst receives a response to her Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request showing that the RACOM contract for $1.6M in ZETRON consoles, paid for in part by a federal grant, was not preceded by any evidence of sole source status for the vendor. COPS.Grant.FOIA.Response.March29.2012

Additional documentation is available that proves there was no RFP and no bids for the purchase.