Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of a Center for Children’s Law and Policy grant and increases the Police Department’s 2018 operating budget by the $10,000. The grantor will provide technical assistance, training, and $10,000 to support the planning and implementation of strategies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in arrests of youth. There is no City match. Any Department staff time or other costs will be absorbed within existing resources.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Madison Police Department to accept a Center for Children’s Law and Policy grant for technical assistance, training and $10,000 to support the planning and implementation of strategies to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in arrests of youth; and amend budgets accordingly
Body
WHEREAS, the Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP), with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, has created an ongoing Law Enforcement Leadership for Equity Initiative to improve equity and fairness in youth arrest and diversion; and,
WHEREAS, CCLP has partnered with several law enforcement agencies (Gainesville, Bridgeport/Hartford/New Haven and Memphis, among others) which have achieved measurable reductions in arrests of youth of color; and,
WHEREAS, law enforcement agencies that have implemented CCLP’s data-driven approach have increased diversion for youth of color and reduced arrest for youth of color by up to 50%, while maintaining the interest of public safety; and,
WHEREAS, CCLP has previously provided technical assistance and training for Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the MacArthur Foundation had provided almost $10 million to CCLP to use its Racial and Ethnic Disparities Practice Manual and training to provide jurisdictions practical tools to address the disproportionately-high contact of youth of color in the juvenile justice system; and,
WHEREAS, CCLP has selected the Madison Police Department for partici...
Click here for full text