Fiscal Note
This Resolution increases expenditures and revenues by $15,000. There is no impact on the tax levy or Expenditure Restraint Program eligibility.
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Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to accept $15,000 in overtime funds from the US Marshals Service in conjunction with our participation in their Joint Law Enforcement Fugitive Apprehension Squad.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Marshals Service has formed a multi-jurisdictional task force aimed at targeting violent offenders and gang members in our community, our county and our State. This is accomplished through suppression efforts of locating and apprehending said criminals; and,
WHEREAS, the overtime funds would be used for those members of the Madison Police Department who are officially deputized by the US Marshals Service to assist with the apprehension of violent offenders and gang members in our own community outside their normal work hours; and,
WHEREAS, this is a long-term problem that must be dealt with, thus the Madison Police Department has pledged to proactively respond to emerging illegal gang activity and the apprehension of violent criminals; and
WHEREAS, in the past, members of the Madison Police Department have participated in weekly apprehension operations with the Fugitive Apprehension Squad and plan to continue this participation in future years; and,
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department has been offered $15,000 to be spent on overtime to work with the Fugitive Apprehension Squad for the purposes of continuing our efforts to reduce gang-related violence and the apprehension of violent criminals; and
WHEREAS, this opportunity for overtime funds is likely to be offered annually by the US Marshals Service allowing future opportunities to continue our suppression efforts to combat gang related crime and the apprehension of violent criminals; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Common Council authorizes the expenditure of overtime funds i...
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