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Council Meeting September 8, 1998
Santa Monica, California
TO Mayor and City Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendation to DeSignate Uses of Police Grant Funds
I NTROOUCTION
This report recommends that Council conSider uses of grant funds available to the Santa
Monica Police Department and deSIgnate the funds for purposes proposed by staff
BACKGROUND
The Police Department IS eligible to receive $269,290 under the 1998 Federal Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) Program The City'S match IS $29,922 The
Department has Identified several uses for the federal allocation, all of which fall under the
categones of equipment or technology Innovations The fIrst use IS the purchase of In-car
video cameras to equIp as many patrol vehicles as funds will buy The cameras purchased
with 1998 monies will be In addition to the cameras already purchased with 1996 LLEBG
funds Other equipment to be purchased Includes 230 ballistic helmets Issued to police
officers for crowd control SItuatIons, five lap top computers for use by Department
personnel to mamtam commUnlcatlons when off-Site, and multi-purpose equIpment to
retrofit the OffIce of Special Enforcement's surveillance van which needs to accommodate
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long guns and less than lethal equipment
The Department also received $210,219 under the fiscal year 1997-98 State CItizen's
Option for Public Safety (COPS) The 1997-98 allocation IS In addition to the 1996-97
COPS funds of $21 0,036 which were previously approved and budgeted by Council It IS
proposed that the 1997-98 COPS mon les be used to purchase add Itlonal components of
the mobile field reporting system that the Police Department IS Implementing As of July
31,1998, $31,223 In Interest earnings on the 1996-97 and 1997-98 COPS allocations
has accumulated It IS further recommended that thiS Interest also be appropriated for
purchase of mobile field reporting equipment
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
With respect to the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant funds, the follOWing budget
changes Will be necessary
1 Establish a revenue budget of $269,290 at revenue account #20-300-304-00000-0618-
10000 to reflect receipt of the 1998 LLEBG funds,
2 Appropriate $269,290 at expenditure account #20-730-304-20099-8900-99537, and
3 Appropriate $29,921 (reqUired local match) atexpendltureaccount#01-730-304-20099-
8900-99537
With respect to the 1997-98 Citizen's Option for Public Safety, the followmg budget change
Will be necessary
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1 Appropriate $241 ,442 ($210,21 9 from the 1997-98 COPS funds allocation plus $31,223
from accumulated Interest earnings) to expenditure account #22-730-304-20099-8900-
99537
RECOMMENDATION
It IS recommended that the City CouncIl deSignate 1998 Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant funds and 1997-98 Citizen's Option for Public Safety funds and accumulated COPS
fund Interest for acquIsition ofthe eqUIpment cited above, and make the above budgetary
changes
Prepared by James T Butts, Jr , Chief of Pollee
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