Item 26 - FY 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant

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Police Department www.santa-ana.org/police Item # 26 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report November 21, 2023 TOPIC: FY 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant AGENDA TITLE Approve Memorandum of Understanding and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting the FY 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Non-General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of Orange, Sheriff’s Department accepting the 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant in the amount of $110,336, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. 2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $110,336 in the Law Enforcement Grants revenue account and appropriate same to the Byrne Justice Assistance expenditure accounts. (Requires five affirmative votes.) GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program provides federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, and it is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Since 2005 BJA has funded over 24,000 JAG awards totaling over $7.6 billion. JAG awards are based on a statutory formula that equally weighs the City's share of violent crime and population according to statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). BJA requires the County to function as the applicant/fiscal agent to apply for, receive, and administer the funds on behalf of all cities. The Santa Ana Police Department recently applied for and has been awarded a grant in the amount of $110,336 for the FY 2023 JAG program. The County accepted the 2023 JAG award on October 17, 2023, covering the performance period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The Police Department will use JAG funding to support