REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 12, 2016
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: ROBERT NEVAREZ, Deputy Chief
Support & Special Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2016 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program
1. Approve an agreement with the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) to assign Student Neighborhood Resource Officers to 15 middle schools and their surrounding neighborhoods.
2. ***RESOLUTION - 33rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2015-104 appropriating $128,400 for the COPS Hiring Grant to augment the Police Department's SNRO program (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
3. ***RESOLUTION - 5th amendment to Position Authorization Resolution (PAR) No. 2015-105, adding five Police Officer positions to the Fresno Police Department, effective May 1, 2016.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council authorize the Chief of Police to enter into and execute an Agreement with FUSD to fund a portion of the costs of assigning fourteen (14) Student Neighborhood Resource Officers (SNROs) and one (1) Sergeant to District's 15 middle schools and surrounding neighborhoods and to adopt the 33rd amendment to the AAR No. 2015-104 appropriating $128,400 for the COPS Hiring Grant to augment the Department's SNRO program. This would necessitate Council's adoption of the Fifth Amendment to Position Authorization Resolution ("PAR") No. 2015-105, adding five Police Officer positions to the Fresno Police Department, effective May 1, 2016. The remaining ten (10) Police Officer positions will be added in FY 2017.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On September 21, 2015, the City of Fresno was awarded a grant from the Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to hire 15 SNROs. In partnership with FUSD, the grant will allow the Police Department to place sworn police officers at each FUSD middle school in the City. The SNROs will provide a high visible police pr...
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