REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 6, 2018
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: PATRICK FARMER, Deputy Police Chief
Investigations Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2018 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant program, herein referred to as the SAKI grant
1. ***RESOLUTION - 3rd Amendment to Position Authorization Resolution (PAR) No. 2018-158, adding two Police Officer positions to the Fresno Police Department, effective October 1, 2018. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council adopt the 3rd Amendment to Position Authorization Resolution No. 2018-158, adding two police officer positions to the Fresno Police Department. On November 29, 2018, Council approved the acceptance and appropriations for the Police Department's 2018 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Grant funding will fund two police officer positions dedicated to the SAKI grant, creating a Sexual Assault Cold Case Unit within the Department's Sexual Assault Unit (SAU).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno has been awarded grant funds of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to assist with the follow up investigation of sexual assault cases. The grant period is from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2021.
BACKGROUND
In April 2015, an inventory was conducted on un-tested sexual assault kits (SAKs), resulting in the identification of 888 un-tested sexual assault kits related to sexual assaults; suspicious deaths; and homicides. In 2016, the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Science (CA DOJ BFS) was awarded a grant from the District Attorney's Office of New York (DANY) to provide funding to increase testing capacity for sexual assault kits. Due to our strong working relationship with the CA DOJ BFS and our partnership with the regional DOJ lab located at Cali...
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