Title
Agreement with Arizona State University in Support of FY 2020 Community Policing Development Micro Grant (Ordinance S-47719)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to enter into an intergovernmental 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 U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) FY 2020 Community Policing Development Micro Grant in an amount not to exceed $33,000. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Police Department was awarded $88,516 from the U.S. Department of Justice, COPS office through the FY 2020 Community Policing Development Micro Grant. The grant and disbursement of grant funds was approved by City Council on April 1, 2020, under Ordinance S-46511. 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 $33,000, during the contract term, to asses the impacts of the community policing program on police-community relationships from both youth perceptions of police and police perceptions of youth and the community. The City will be reimbursed for applicable ASU expenses through the COPS office grant.
Contract Term
The contract term is Aug. 1, 2020 through July 31, 2021.
Financial Impact
The Community Policing Development grant provides up to a maximum of $33,000 in funding to reimburse ASU as the grant research partner.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Jeff Barton and the Police Department.