Title
Arizona Attorney General's Office Law Enforcement Equipment Grant (Ordinance S-46886)
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 Arizona Attorney General's Office (AGO) for a law enforcement equipment grant in an amount not to exceed $58,000. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
During the 2019 legislative session, the AGO worked with the State legislature to re-appropriate consumer settlement funds received by the AGO's office for the purpose of providing safety equipment funding for law enforcement agencies. The goal was to award funding to eligible law enforcement agencies in Arizona that requested funding for qualified purchases.
If awarded, grant funds will be used to purchase supplies for individual first aid kits, mass casualty incident bags and EMS bags and distributed to officers trained to render first aid to citizens within the City.
The grant application was due on June 24, 2020. If authorization is denied, the grant application will be rescinded.
Contract Term
The contract term is July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.