REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 21, 2014
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: PATRICK F. FARMER, Deputy Chief
Police Department
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*RESOLUTION - 8th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution 2014-95 appropriating $42,000 for the Child Sexual Predator Program (CSPP), funding by the US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council, Adopt the 8th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) 2014-95 appropriating $42,000 into the FY 15 budget for the continuance of a child sexual predator task force.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In October 2011 the City Council accepted the award of grant funds for $496,606 from COPS, for the 2011 COPS CSPP. The previous end date was July 31, 2014; however, the City of Fresno was granted an extension of the program to utilize remaining grant funds through January 31, 2015. Due to the extension of time, additional appropriations are needed for the FY 15 budget.
BACKGROUND
The Fresno Police Department applied for this grant through COPS, which is aimed at reducing and preventing child endangerment and protecting communities from sexual predators. The continued funding will pay for three part-time employees for the purpose of providing maximum available assistance for monitoring, investigating, and registering sexual offenders pursuant to Penal Code ? 290 residing within the city of Fresno.
Currently, the police department monitors approximately 1,600 registered sex offenders; a growing population of homeless sex offenders is also occurring. The sex offender population (including child sexual predators) is slated to increase resulting from a recent US Supreme Court ruling to downsize the California prison population by 40,000 inmates.
Utilizing funds awarded under the CSPP grant, the police department has allowed th...
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