Title
Request Retroactive Authorization to Apply for, Accept, and Enter Into an Agreement for Arizona Project Safe Neighborhoods Program Grant (Ordinance S-46508)
Description
Request retroactive authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to apply for, accept and enter into an agreement with the Arizona Office of Grants and Federal Resources for the Arizona Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program grant. The total funding request is $482,744. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The PSN grant is designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a substantial reduction in violent crime, including, but not limited to, addressing criminal gangs and the felonious possession and use of firearms. The PSN aims to combat violent crime and make communities safer by employing a research-driven and strategic problem-solving approach through the five pillars of PSN: enforcement, prosecution, deterrence, community engagement, and intervention and prevention.
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, has awarded each State funding to implement a PSN project within their jurisdiction. The Police Department is applying for funding in the amount of $482,744 for personnel costs and associated fringe benefits, equipment, and a research study to be completed by the Arizona State University to analyze data in high-violence areas and violent individuals. Applications were due on Feb. 13, 2020.
Contract Term
Begins March 1, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021.
Financial Impact
The total funding request is $482,744. No matching funds are required.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was unanimously approved by the Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee at their March 11, 2020 meeting.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.