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Staff Report for Resolution Accepting the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program (CHP) Grant to Fund Four (4) School Resource Officers and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with the San Leandro Unified School District to Fund the Costs not Covered by the Grant
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to:
1. Accept the three year grant award totaling $500,000 from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) to fund four (4) School Resource Officers (SRO's); and
2. Authorize the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the San Leandro Unified School District for four years to cover the additional cost of the four SRO positions not covered by the grant.
BACKGROUND/ DISCUSSION
On June 20, 2014 the police department submitted a COPS Grant Application to secure a $500,000 grant to hire four School Resource Officers. The decision to file this application was brought before the City Council on May 6, 2013 and approved by Minute Order No. 2013-026 for submission. As part of the decision making process to file for the application a meeting took place with the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD). During those discussions a partnership was developed and the San Leandro Unified School District agreed to fund any balance that was not covered by the COPS Grant.
The COPS Hiring Program provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers. This is done in an effort to create and preserve jobs, and to increase their community policing capacity and crime-prevention efforts. Typically, CHP grants cover a maximum federal share of $125,000 per officer position during a three year period (36 months). Subsequently, a fourth year of funding needs to be guaranteed by the awardee and the officers who are hired cannot be laid off. The CHP issued a letter in April 2014, inviting the n...
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