REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: PACO BALDERRAMA, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: MARK SALAZAR, Deputy Police Chief
Investigations Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program
1. Authorize the Chief of Police to accept $374,046 in grant funding from the Office of Justice Program (OJP) through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and execute the sub award grant agreement between San Diego Association of Governments for the 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant
2. ***RESOLUTION - Adopt the 32nd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2022-154 to appropriate $124,700 for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) 21 grant program (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended the City Council authorize the Chief of Police to accept $374,046 in grant funding from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and execute the sub award grant agreement between San Diego Association of Governments for the 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant program and adopt the 32nd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2022-154 appropriating $124,700 into the Police Department's FY 2023 budget for the PSN grant program. The remaining grant funds will be incorporated into the FY 2024 budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), through BJA, awarded the City of Fresno $374,046 in grant funding for the PSN Task Force to support the funding of overtime for detectives and Fresno County District Attorney investigators and to purchase equipment to conduct long-term investigations for coordinated enforcement operations and prosecution via the existing Fresno Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) task force. The grant performance period began on October 1, 2021, and concludes on September 30, 2024.
BACKGROUND
Fresno County has a long and deep-rooted history of gun and gang violence with...
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