Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Accept Grant Funds in the Amount of $38,241.00 from the 2023 Department of Justice's Edward J. Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and to Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Documents Pertaining to this Resolution to Fund the Purchase and Administration of the LEFTA SHIELD Software Suite and to Appropriate $34,316.90 in Account 150-21-061-5311 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Expenditures Related to this Grant Program
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
? Public Safety
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council adopt a resolution to accept a grant award of $38,241.00 from the 2023 Department of Justice's Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and to authorize the City Manager to execute all documents and funding related to the purchase and administration of the LEFTA SHIELD Software Suite.
BACKGROUND
The Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance (JAG) Grant Program (42 U.S.C. 3751 (a)) is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The Byrne JAG Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and was created in 2005 by merging the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Grant Program (Byrne) with the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program (LLEBG). Byrne JAG funding can be used to support a broad range of state and local government projects, including those designed to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
To ensure that each state and territory receives an appropriate share of JAG funds, allocation to state and local governments is based on a formula using population and crime statistics in combination with a minimum allocation. Funds are split 60/40 between state and local recipients within states. Municipal governments, tribes, and community-and faith-based groups are eligible to receive Byrne JAG funding. Historically, funding for the JAG Program in California is allocate...
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