The agenda notes a special presentation on the “Summary of Berry Dunn Needs Assessment Report and current Brevard Police Department organizational changes,” indicating that the City commissioned consulting firm Berry Dunn to evaluate police operations and recommend changes. This suggests the City has recently completed or is reviewing a structured needs assessment, which often covers staffing, technology, facilities, training, and policy. Because only a summary is listed and no specific procurements are described, the City appears to still be in the planning and change-design phase, using Berry Dunn’s findings to guide future decisions. For vendors, this is a strong pre-RFP signal that new systems, training programs, or operational support services may be considered as the organizational changes are implemented. A useful next conversation would explore how the department plans to act on the assessment, particularly around technology modernization, policy implementation support, and training or staffing solutions.

Berry Dunn is identified as the firm that prepared the needs assessment; the agenda only lists the s...