Title
Authorization to Enter into an Agreement with Arizona State University in Support of Research for National Crime Gun Intelligence Center Initiative Grant (Ordinance S-44203)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to authorize the Police Department to enter into an agreement with the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (ASU), that will act as a research partner in support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), National Crime Gun Intelligence Center Initiative grant for $1,000,000. 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 Police Department was awarded $1,000,000 from the BJA through the 2017 National Crime Gun Intelligence Center Initiative grant. The grant and disbursement of grant funds was approved by City Council on May 4, 2016, under Ordinance #S-42505. The grant requires the Police Department to work with a research partner to analyze data and produce project-related reports regarding the grant project. The Police Department has partnered with ASU on similar projects in the past. This agreement will reimburse ASU, an amount not to exceed, $311,939.00, during the contract term, to analyze statistics involving gun crime incidents and use data to assess the impact of this grant on gun crimes and subsequent prosecutions. The City will be reimbursed for applicable ASU expenses through the BJA grant.
Contract Term
Two years from Oct. 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2019.
Financial Impact
The National Crime Gun Intelligence Center Initiative grant provides up to a maximum of $311,939 in funding to reimburse ASU as the grant research partner.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was unanimously approved by the Public Safety and Veterans Subcommittee at its Dec. 13, 2017 meeting.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.