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ATTACHMENT A County of Orange: The County of Orange proposes to use the 2007 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: Problem Statement: The Orange County Sheriffs Department deploys over 12 specially trained canine teams to work a wide variety of assignments. Consistent training of police canines is essential to the success of any canine team. Currently sheriffs canine units train in a shared training space with the Sheriffs equestrian unit. The area does not have secure fencing to confine the dogs during training, and coordinating training schedules with two separate units utilizing the same area proves difficult. A future goal for the Orange County Sheriff s Canine Unit is to facilitate development of a standardized regional training facility with the participation of canine units from other Orange County public safety agencies. Goal: To provide a secure training field for the Sheriff s canine unit, separate from that of the equestrian unit. Provide varied training environments to promote the further development of the canine's skill-set as it directly relates to law enforcement tasks. To foster interagency cooperation and communication through collaborative regional training sessions. Ob;ectives: The goals will be achieved by utilizing the JAG funds to accomplish the following: . Enclose, with secure fencing an area designated to canine training. · Provide full access 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the canine training facility to facilitate training that will more closely emulate varied environments encountered on- duty. . Erect "blinds" to conceal canine agitators during training scenarios. · Arrange obstacles as well as other training devices previously procured but currently in storage in such a way as to maximize training for the canine teams. · Consistent training will enable the handlers to elicit desired behaviors in their canine partners and therefore more accurately predict their behavior in the field. Quantifiable Performance Measures: · Increase training time efficiency with respect to scheduling training sessions. · Track canine performance based on different variables including environmental influences such as weather, time of day training occurs, traffic patterns, etc. · Host regional training sessions with neighboring agencies to share information and tactics used in the field. Funding: Total Allocation: $25,222 PROACT Allocation: $12,232.67 Administrative Fee (1.5%): $378.33 Funds Retained by Agency: $12,611.00 2007-DJ-BX-0523 Page 4 of 19