Title
Fiscal Year 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Ordinance S-52801) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to apply for, accept and enter into an agreement with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County and the City of Mesa, for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in an amount not to exceed $1,411,234. Further request City Council grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions in the documents pertaining to this transaction that otherwise would be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18, and for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The City has received funding through this grant program for the past several years. The Police Department was informed of the availability of these funds on March 13, 2026. The Police Department will manage this grant, which will involve administering the funding to the eligible local agencies, programmatic and financial reporting, as well as initiating the intergovernmental agreements associated with the grant awards.
The FY 2025 JAG grant application is due on April 28, 2026. It is proposed the City of Phoenix will receive $1,113,419, Maricopa County will receive $112,217 and the City of Mesa will receive $185,598 for a total award of $1,411,234.
The proposed budgetary allocations for the City of Phoenix includes $208,000 to the Parks and Recreation Department for Project Bringing Reality About Violence Education (BRAVE). Project BRAVE is a violence prevention and education program that was created with the goal of decreasing violence in our community through awareness and leadership training activities. The project provides comprehensive workshops held at various sites, non-profit agencies and after school programs.
Police staff propose to use the remaining $905,419 in grant award funding to purchase training software for emergency call-taking and radio dispatch simulations, grappler equipment, ballistic helmets, DNA analysis services, storage boxes used in evidence preservation, laptops, scanners used in accident reconstruction, and other equipment needed to provide safety to officers and citizens.
Contract Term
The contract term is October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2029.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, Deputy City Manager Cynthia Aguilar, and the Police and the Parks and Recreation departments.