AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 07/15/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Police Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of accepting and appropriating the 2020 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Cops Hiring Program (CHP) Grant.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Authorize the acceptance of $375,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice 2020 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) Grant for three Police Officer I/II positions, over a three-year period.
b. Authorize three recurring Police Officer I/II positions, with three years of budget supplemented by the grant funding and the difference from the recurring General Fund, which includes the local cost sharing requirement. The authorization of positions for the retention period and beyond will be included in the General Fund.
c. Appropriate $60,000 from the US DOJ Grant Fund 411, CHP reimbursement grant as noted above, and increase revenue estimates by the same amount for the period of January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
d. Transfer General Fund budget of $48,903 from the Homeless Program in the Management Services Department to the Police Department operating budget for the period of January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
e. Authorize the City Manager and Chief of Police to execute any required grant documents that are in compliance with the City Council's actions hereunder.
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ANALYSIS:
In March 2020, the Corona Police Department applied for the 2020 COPS Hiring Program, or CHP, Grant being offered from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS. This competitive grant provides funding to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The Police Department requested three entry level police officer positions to move towards achieving staffing g...
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