Title
FY 2019 Strategies for Policing Innovation Grant (Ordinance S-45985)
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 Bureau of Justice Assistance for the FY 2019 Strategies for Policing Innovation Grant. 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 Phoenix Police Department (PPD) has experienced an increase in the number of reported weapons-related incidents over the past few years. In 2016, the PPD applied for and was awarded the National Crime Gun Intelligence (NCGI) Grant. This grant allowed funding to be utilized for the collection, management and analysis of crime gun data to reduce gun-related crime.
The funding provided from the new grant award will supplement the efforts of reducing gun-related crimes by providing resources and opportunities to enable the PPD to identify and define the most pressing crime problems and institute lasting operational and organizational changes that foster reliance on the effective use of evidence-based practices, data and technology. Specifically, funding will be used for travel expenses, equipment, supplies and to fund a sub-award to the Arizona State University for the research and evaluation of the grant. The focus is to provide resources to support projects that present valuable opportunities to implement and test innovative approaches to operational challenges and violent crime reduction.
The grant application was due on June 14, 2019. If authorization is denied, the grant application will be rescinded.
Contract Term
Three years beginning Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2022.
Financial Impact
The total funding request is $699,834. No matching funds are required. The cost to the City will be in-kind resources only.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.