Title
Fiscal Year 2023 Community Policing Development Microgrant (Ordinance S-50512)
Description
Request retroactive authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to accept grant funding in the amount of $172,900 and enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Community Policing Development Microgrant. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants provide funding to propose implementation or pilot projects in the following subcategories: Community Violence Intervention, Officer Recruitment and Retention and Workforce Diversification, Hate Crimes and Domestic Extremism, Underserved Populations, Building Trust and Legitimacy with the Community.
The CPD Microgrants award is to provide funding to research why officers are being called to respond to a persistently high volume of mental health calls that include a significant number of recurrent contacts with the same individuals. The Phoenix Police Department and Maricopa County currently follow best practices recommended by the U.S. Federal Government but many people still face challenges in entering a more supportive system for mental health related situations.
This grant will allow the Police Department to:
- Engage community stakeholders to help identify the system gaps that are resulting in a failure of the mental health system to meet the needs of certain individuals.
- Partner with researchers at Arizona State University to collect and analyze community responses and identify evidence-based recommendations for system improvements.
- Partner with necessary stakeholders to apply for a larger Bureau of Justice Assistance grant to fund a pilot of any needed system improvements that are identified.
The grant was awarded on Nov. 8, 2023. If authorization is denied, the grant award will be rescinded.
Contract Term
One year beginning Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024.
Financial Impact
The total funding request is $172,900. No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.