Title
Authorization to Enter into an Agreement with Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University in Support of Research for Strategies for Policing Innovation Grant (Ordinance S-46218)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to allow the Police Department to enter into an agreement with the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (ASU), to act as a research partner in support of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Strategies for Policing Innovation grant for $646,706. 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 $646,706 from the BJA through the 2019 Strategies for Policing Innovation grant. The grant and disbursement of grant funds was approved by City Council on August 28, 2019, under Ordinance S-45985. 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, in an amount not to exceed $140,000 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
Three years from July 22, 2019 through July 21, 2022.
Financial Impact
The Strategies for Policing Innovation grant provides up to a maximum of $140,000 in funding to reimburse ASU as the grant research partner.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was unanimously approved by the Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee at the Nov. 13, 2019 meeting.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.