REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 20, 2014
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: PATRICK FARMER, Deputy Chief
Investigative Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2014 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant program
1. Authorize the Chief of Police to accept $450,000 in grant funding from the United States
Department of Justice through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES),
execute the grant agreement with CalOES for the 2014 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant
program
2. ***RESOLUTION - 23rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating $58,000 into the Police Department's FY 2015 budget for the PSN grant program (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Chief of Police to accept $450,000 in grant funding from the United States Department of Justice through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), execute the grant agreement with CalOES for the 2014 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant program, and adopt the 23rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2014-95 appropriating $58,000 into the Police Department's FY 2015 budget for the PSN grant program. The remaining grant funds will be incorporated into the FY 2016 budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The United States Department of Justice, through CalOES, awarded the City of Fresno $450,000 in grant funding for the PSN Task Force to support a civil gang injunction, dedicate jail beds for gang and gun related offenders, create a Gangs & Illegal Guns public service announcement campaign, and implement a youth development program. The Fresno Police Department, in partnership with the Fresno County Sheriff's Department, the United States Attorney's Office, and the Fresno County District Attorney's Office, will coordinate enforcement and prosecution for gun/gang offenders. ...
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