Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the Madison Police Department (MPD) to apply for, and accept if awarded a three-year USDOJ Office of Victims of Crime grant award to embed a crime response specialist within the Investigative Services Section. The award amount of $500,000 will provide funding for a 1.0 LTE Crime Response Specialist. Funding is comprised of LTE salary ($322,085), expected overtime ($21,946), supplies ($28,431), training ($16,538), and $111,000 in pass-through funding to the Dane County District Attorney's Office for Victim Services Unit's expenses. No City appropriation is required.
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Amending the 2026 Police Department operating budget; and authorizing the Mayor to accept, if awarded, a USDOJ Office of Victims of Crime three-year grant for $500,000 to embed a crime response specialist within the Investigative Services Section, coordinate activities and services with the Crime Response Program of the Dane County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit, and meet the need to protect victims by restabilizing their safety and security options, improving victims’ ability and openness to cooperation and participation in the investigative process and criminal justice system
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WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department pursues innovative initiatives to better serve its mission to provide high quality police services that are accessible to all members of the community, believing in the dignity of all people and respecting individual and constitutional rights and seeks to secure non-tax levy funding to do so; and
WHEREAS, that the Department has applied for, with its project partner, Dane County Attorney’s Office (DCDA) for a U.S. Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime FY 2026 Services for Victims of Crime grant; and
WHEREAS, the partners propose to implement the Madison Support, Advocacy to provide Focused Resources (SAFR) program to better serve Madison crime victims by embedding a crime response specialist within...
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