Fiscal Note
This grant will be accounted for in a segregated fund (SG50). There is no effect on the Expenditure Restraint Program or the levy.
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SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to apply for and accept an award from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance in the amount of up to $60,000 and to utilize these funds to continue payment of salary and benefits for the Police Management Information Specialist 2 position, for overtime related to implementation of these systems, and for additional technical services needed for the completion of the IBR project.
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WHEREAS, a mandatory condition for receiving Federal and State grant funding for law enforcement operations includes the timely filing of monthly crime reports; and,
WHEREAS, the State Office of Justice Assistance has obtained Federal and State funding to facilitate a change in how local police departments file monthly crime reports; and,
WHEREAS, this change requires utilization of Incident Based Reporting (IBR); and,
WHEREAS, the change to IBR will enable police departments to collect more useful data so as to improve the monitoring and analysis of crime and the police response to crime; and,
WHEREAS, the collection of IBR data will enable local elected officials, media, neighborhood associations and the community at large to acquire data more closely linked to the root causes of crime and social disorder thereby creating a greater understanding and ability to address these problems; and,
WHEREAS, in order to implement IBR it will be necessary to redesign MPD data collection and reporting processes; and,
WHEREAS, the State Office of Justice Assistance recognizes that in order for a police department to undertake a reporting system transformation of this nature, additional technical and support staff are often necessary; and,
WHEREAS, in 2005 the City of Madison accepted a grant from the State Office of Justice Assistance that prov...
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