Fiscal Note
The proceeds of this grant will be accounted for in a segregated fund (SG50). The grant will be used for continued funding of a 1.0 FTE LTE Management Information Specialist 2 position, overtime, and a consultant for additional technical services. There is no match requirement. No City funds have been budgeted to continue the position after the grant ends.
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Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Police Department, to accept an award from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance in the amount of $120,000 and to utilize these funds to continue to implement the justice information sharing initiative known as WIJIS.
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WHEREAS, the need for law enforcement throughout the State of Wisconsin to share information is critical to the public safety and the prevention of terrorism in a timely manner; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of Justice Assistance has obtained Federal and State funding to create the ability for law enforcement to use technology to more efficiently share critical information with one another; and,
WHEREAS, the Office of Justice Assistance has named this justice information sharing initiative as the "WIJIS" program (Wisconsin Justice Information Sharing); and,
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2005, the Madison Common Council passed resolution #00570 accepting a $200,000 grant from the Office of Justice Assistance for the WIJIS project; and,
WHEREAS, this award provided for the hire of an 1.0 LTE Management Information Specialist 2 position; and,
WHEREAS, since that time this funded position has consolidated the records management systems of 14 Dane County communities with the Madison Police Department's records management system; and,
WHEREAS, law enforcement investigations have been enhanced as the result of the sharing of this records management system information across police departments; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department is now working with the Office of Justice Assistance to further shar...
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