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gang violence (GVS), under a federal grant from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to the Santa Ana f " Police Department (Santa Ana PD), for the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004. The County provided a Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) to work closely with Santa Ana PD outside regular work hours to suppress gang violence among adult and minor probationers residing within the CITY'S Weed & Seed (W&S) Site UII geographical limits. On December 14, 2004, your Honorable Board approved the First Amendment to Agreement with the CITY for the provision of GVS overtime services, extending the term of the Agreement for a nine-month period effective January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005. Agreement No. A-2003-273 was not renewed due to pending confirmation of grant extension to CITY. On February 9, 2006, CITY advised COUNTY that OR had approved such extension, and now wishes COUNTY to continue providing GVS overtime services until allocated funds are exhausted. The proposed Agreement is a continuation of a collaborative effort to reduce the level of street narcotics trafficking and to prevent organized criminals from building coalitions among street gangs. Its goal is to implement community policing that focuses on positive police interactions with residents, in order to open the channels of communication concerning criminal activity within the CITY'S geographical limits. It is part of that collaborative effort to closely monitor probationers as deemed necessary and appropriate by both parties working in cooperation with each other. Scope of Services: The COUNTY will assign a DPO to provide gang violence suppression (GVS) services in conjunction with GVS work performed by police officers of the CITY. The DPO will provide GVS services during overtime hours that will include, but not be limited to, supervision of a target population of adults and minors who have been placed on probation by the courts for gang -related activities, and reside within CITY'S geographical limits; enforcement of court orders, including searches and seizures, in accordance with search and seizure laws as interpreted by the courts; patrolling areas where gang members are known to congregate; and making arrests for probation violations. In addition, the DPO will assist in increasing gang awareness in schools and preventing at -risk youth from becoming gang members, and provide referrals of probationers and their families to counseling agencies in the community. In exchange, the CITY will explain the scope of duties required and expected from the DPO, in order to accomplish CITY'S GVS goals and objectives. In addition, the CITY will provide transportation, office space, supplies and equipment as necessary or incidental to the DPO's performance of the scheduled or expected services, and coordinate the scheduling of overtime services with the DPO, or in the absence of the DPO, with the Supervising Probation Officer from the GVS Unit of COUNTY'S Probation Department. Compensation: The CITY will pay COUNTY for the cost of overtime services rendered by the assigned DPO, at one and one-half (1 '/2) times the then current hourly rate of the assigned DPO multiplied by the number of hours of services provided during the billing period, in the approximate amount of $2,048 for the nine-month term of this Agreement, as authorized by CITY'S governing body, or under any applicable grant. The CITY also agrees to pay the COUNTY for the overtime services rendered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after submission of a statement from COUNTY describing such services. Use of Once Space and Vehicles, Mutual Indemnification: The W&S Directed Team Site U]I operations involve the cooperative work of COUNTY and Santa Ana PD personnel, and the use by COUNTY personnel of certain real and personal property belonging to the Page 2