File #: ID 2017-809    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/19/2017 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 1/31/2018 Final action: 1/31/2018
Title: APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE AGREEMENT AND FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, 2017 COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.00 FOR THE THREE YEAR AWARD PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2017 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2020.
Attachments: 1. RESOLUTION, 2. BACKGROUND

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Samuel A. May, City Manager

 

DATE:                     January 31, 2018

 

 

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APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE AGREEMENT AND FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, 2017 COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.00 FOR THE THREE YEAR AWARD PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2017 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2020.

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BACKGROUND:                                          

The Margate Police Department recently applied for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2017 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Grant. The City was recently awarded this grant for four additional officers providing $500,000 in federal funds over a three-year period. The CHP Grant provides funding for the Margate Police Department to hire up to four (4) additional police officers in an effort to increase its community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.

 

RECOMMENDATION:                     Approval

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT: Grant funds received to be deposited in Revenue Account 001-0000-331.20-05.                     

 

 

CONTACT PERSON: Dana E. Watson, Chief of Police