Title
Authorization to Amend Ordinance for FY 2019 Strategies for Policing Innovation Grant (Ordinance S-48934)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to extend the 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
In August 2019, the City Council approved the agreement for the FY 2019 Strategies for Policing Initiative, in the amount of $646,706 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grant funds. The Phoenix Police Department (PPD) has continually 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 crimes.
The funds are used to 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 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.
Contract Term
The term of the grant agreement from October 2019 through Sept. 30, 2022, will be extended through Sept, 30, 2023.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required and no additional funds are awarded.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.