Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution amends the Police Department’s 2024 Operating Budget, authorizes the acceptance of a FY2024 USDOJ Office of Community Policing Services (COPS Office) Community Policing Development Microgrant for $136,398, and authorizes a sole source purchase of services contract with Santos & Santos, Ph.D., Inc. for the same amount. The funds will be used to evaluate to Department’s stratified policing business model for community engagement and proactive crime reduction. There is no impact on the levy.
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Amending the Police Department’s 2024 Operating Budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a FY2024 USDOJ Office of Community Policing Services (COPS Office) Community Policing Development Microgrant for $136,398, and to utilize these funds to evaluate to Department’s stratified policing business model for community engagement and proactive crime reduction; and authorizing a sole source contract for services from Santos & Santos, Ph.D, Inc. to evaluate the Department's stratified policing business model.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Office Community Policing Development (CPD) funds grant awards to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance and through the development of innovative community policing strategies, applied research, guidebooks, and best practices that are national in scope; and,
WHEREAS, the COPS Office has made a grant award of $136,398 to fund the Department’s proposed stratified policing evaluation; and,
WHEREAS, in 2021, Chief Shon F. Barnes implemented stratified policing, an evidence-based policing strategy is that is an organizational model that standardizes analysis, creates clear expectations for personnel, and provides a system of accountability meetings to ensure crime analysis is utilized and crime reduction occurs within the day-to-day operations of the...
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