SR-11-12-2013-3BCity Council Meeting: November 12, 2013
Agenda Item: 313
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jacqueline Seabrooks, Chief of Police
Subject: 2013 DOJ Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to accept a grant awarded in the amount of $29,283
from the U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant for the Recession Crime Control Program.
2. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
section of this report.
Executive Summary
The City of Santa Monica Police Department has been awarded a grant of $29,283
under the 2013 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, which is administered by the
U.S. Department of Justice. Funds are received in the first year of a four -year grant
period, which means that all funds must be utilized by the end of the four -year grant
period. No local match is required.
The City of Santa Monica Police Department's proposal only allows for funds to be used
on costs associated with anti -crime operations. The funds would facilitate a precision
approach to extra staffing during deployment cycles which would enhance public safety
and services to the City.
Discussion
In 2009, 2011, and 2012, the City Council authorized the Police Department to apply
funds awarded under the JAG program to this same project. The project pays overtime
costs for Police Department staff to participate in precision anti -crime control operations.
The operations utilize crime analysis and investigative techniques which produce
information needed to conduct precision anti -crime operations, such as identifying
trends in specific crimes that are occurring in a particular location and deploying -the
Crime Impact Team to enforce the laws and ultimately stop criminal activity from
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occurring. This funding gives the Police Department a tool in the form of extra staffing
dedicated to anti -crime control operations, which would otherwise be unavailable to the
department.
To meet the grant conditions, the applicant must provide a 30 -day period for public
comment on the proposed use of the funds. The City of Santa Monica met this
condition by issuing a public service announcement from July 22, 2013 through August
20, 2013. The announcement was posted on the City and Police Department websites,
public bulletin boards in City Hall, and the Public Safety Facility. No responses were
received in opposition to the use of the JAG Program funds.
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
Award of a $29,283 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for the Recession Crime
Control Program requires the following FY 2013 -14 budget changes:
1. Establish revenue account 20304.403635 in the amount of $29,283.
2. Appropriate the following expenditures to reflect receipt of the U.S. Department
of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant: $29,283 at account
number 20304.578841.
Prepared by: Neela Patel, Senior Administrative Analyst
Approved:
Forwarded to Council:
eline Seabrooks Rod Gould
of Police City Manager
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