REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 11/03/2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Police Department
SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of the 2021 Bulletproof Vest Partnership award from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Through the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act was designed to provide a critical resource to state and local law enforcement agencies in outfitting police officers with ballistic vests. The City Council will consider accepting and allocating funding from this grant.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council
a. Authorize the acceptance of the federal Fiscal Year 2021 Bulletproof Vest Partnership funds in the amount of $12,733.
b. Appropriate $12,733 of onetime money from the unappropriated General Fund Balance to be reimbursed from the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance and increase the General Fund estimated revenue by the same amount for the program award.
c. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute any required documents that are in compliance with the City Council's actions hereunder.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
In June 2021, the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grant funding to local law enforcement agencies for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Bulletproof Vest Partnership. The mission of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program is to outfit police officers with ballistic vests. Since 1999, The Bulletproof Vest Partnership program has funded over one million vests.
ANALYSIS:
In October 2021, the Police Department was notified that the grant application was approved for the 2021 Bulletproof Vest Partnership program. The Corona Police Department was awarded this grant seventeen times since first applying in 2000.
Ballistic safety vests are provided to officers as per the police officer's Memorandum of Understanding up to...
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