{"id":301864,"date":"2026-05-20T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301864\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:24:06","slug":"allen-to-spend-nearly-400k-on-police-department-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301864\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen to spend nearly $400K on police department technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenpolice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen Police Department<\/a> will receive upgraded technology to replace old equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_council\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen City Council<\/a> approved spending $399,894 for the purchase of new electronic ticket writers for the Allen Police Department at a <a href=\"https:\/\/actv.org\/internetchannel\/show\/4316?site=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 12 meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p>Council approved the purchase as part of the consent agenda. The Allen Police Department uses electronic ticket writers to streamline the citation process, and the department\u2019s current devices are 8-12 years old, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_meeting_agendas_minutes.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> city documents.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to their age, many of these devices are no longer repairable and are incompatible with current software updates,\u201d city documents state.<\/p>\n<p>The updated devices will enhance efficiency and make the process more user-friendly for officers, per city documents. Funding for the new devices has already been allocated as part of the city\u2019s approved fiscal year 2025-26 budget.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note<\/p>\n<p>A new headquarters for the Allen Police Department is currently under construction.<\/p>\n<p>Allen voters passed an $83 million bond in 2023 to contribute funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/allen\/government\/2026\/01\/20\/new-971m-103000-square-foot-allen-police-hq-set-for-early-2027-opening\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the project<\/a>. The facility will be located on Century Parkway, between Allen City Hall and the Allen post office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Allen Police Department will receive upgraded technology to replace old equipment. Allen City Council approved spending $399,894&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[109595,109590,109597,109593,109588,109589,109591,109594,109592,160,162,161,109596],"class_list":["post-301864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-2023-bond-projects","tag-allen-city-council-may-12-meeting","tag-allen-law-enforcement-updates","tag-allen-police-department-budget-2026","tag-allen-police-department-technology-upgrade","tag-allen-police-electronic-ticket-writers","tag-allen-police-equipment-purchase","tag-allen-police-headquarters-construction","tag-allen-public-safety-technology","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-police-technology-improvements-allen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}