Title
RESOLUTION Accepting the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program (CHP) Grant to Fund Four (4) School Resource Officers (SROs) and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) to Fund the Costs not Covered by the Grant (accepts the $500,000 CHP grant award and provides for an agreement with SLUSD to cover the balance of the cost of the SROs not covered by the grant)
Body
WHEREAS, the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) of the United States Department of Justice awards grants to local law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs, and to increase their community policing capacity and crime-prevention efforts; and
WHEREAS, CHP grants typically cover a maximum federal share of $125,000 per officer position during a three-year period; and
WHEREAS, during discussions between the City and SLUSD, SLUSD agreed to fund the additional cost of four SRO positions not covered by the CHP grant; and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2014, the San Leandro Police Department submitted an application for a CHP grant for $500,000 to hire four SROs, and on September 24, 2014, the COPS Office notified the City of San Leandro that it was one of 28 cities in California to receive a grant award.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. That the three-year grant award totaling $500,000 from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) to fund four School Resource Officers is hereby accepted; and
2. That the City Manager is authorized to enter into and execute, subject to the approval of the City Attorney, an agreement with the San Leandro Unified School District for a term of four years to cover the additional costs of the four SRO positions n...
Click here for full text