Fiscal Note
This grant will be accounted for in a segregated fund (SG35). There is no effect on the Expenditure Restraint Program or the levy.
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Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to accept a grant award from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Department of Community Oriented Policing Services, in the amount of $493,614 for the implementation of technology initiatives for law enforcement.
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WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department, since 2000, has received several Congressional earmarks for technology related projects; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has used these Congressional earmarks to implement technology projects that have provided improved radio communications for patrol officers and greater access to information and photos by way of laptop computers installed in squad cars; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department today has used Federal grant dollars awarded subsequent to these Congressional earmarks to install "in car video and audio" in all marked and most unmarked squad cars thereby enhancing officer safety and reassuring the community as to the quality of service being delivered by the department; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has created a "regional" approach for public safety technology projects by using Federal grant dollars to purchase core technology infrastructure, (hardware and software), that today is being shared by the Dane County 911 Communications Center, the Dane County Sheriff's Department, and several other city, town and village police departments in Dane County; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department, through a FY2006 Congressional earmark, received notice that a grant will be awarded from the United States Department of Justice COPS Technology Office in the amount of $493,614 for further regional public safety technology initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department intends to use this Federal grant to further expand the regional records management system from 14 to 17 communities adding the City of Stoughton and Villages of Cross Plains and Brooklyn in late 2006 and 2007; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department intends to use this Federal grant to purchase additional in car video systems for the Dane County Sheriff's Department which will complete the installation of video systems in all Dane County Sheriff marked squad cars; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department intends to use this Federal grant to further expand the "Shared Resources Partnership" between the Forensic Units of the Dane County Sheriff Department and the Madison Police Department by allocating funding to purchase software and hardware that will be "shared" between these agencies so as provide a more regional, cost effective approach to the investigation of crimes committed with the use of computers or other digital devices; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department intends to use this Federal grant to conduct a proof of concept project with voice recognition software, which could generate significant cost savings to the department if the technology is found to be viable.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor, City Clerk, and Chief of Police are authorized to accept a grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Community Oriented Policing Services, in the amount of $493,614.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Madison Police Department (MPD) is authorized to spend the grant funds in accordance with the grant application, with modifications upon appropriate approvals from the Office of Justice Assistance, for the purposes and projects outlined in this resolution.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Comptroller and the Police Department are authorized to establish and/or maintain accounts as required for the administration of the grant funds.
$493,614 SG35-58505-711100 Computer Hardware
($493,614) SG35-73112-711100 Federal Justice Grant
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