20A - EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT

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ATTACHMENT A Quantifiable Performance Measures: The most visible measure of "cold case" investigations effectiveness is the number of cases it solves by the use of overtime hours paid for using JAG funds. Other internal and external gauges that will be evaluated will be the awareness of and participation in investigations by communities, families, witnesses, and outside law enforcement agencies; the number of investigations handled by the investigators; the number of resolutions (although the < resolution may not result in arrest); and the number of successfully prosecuted cases. Timeline and/or project plan: (Identifying when the goals and objectives will be completed) Unsolved homicide cases will be investigated on an overtime basis with existing personnel on an ongoing basis until JAG grant funds are expended. Funding: Total Allocation: $34,584.00 PROACT Contribution: $0 Administrative Fee [9%): $3,112.56 Funds Retained by City: $31,471.44 City: Costa Mesa The City of Costa Mesa proposes to use the 2009 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: Project Obiectives: The Police Department, recognizing the need to utilize valuable new technologies to enhance their performance and deliver mission-critical information to officers in the field, recently researched, selected, purchased, and installed selected broadband equipment for use with the MDCs (mobile data computers). Project completion will require an additional 36 police cars be installed with broadband. The primary project objective in requesting JAG funds is to finance the use of the broadband system for one complete fiscal year, from July 2009 through June 2010. Goals of the project: The goal is to secure the funds for payment of broadband services, so the systems can be utilized by officers in the field to enhance their overall effectiveness. Strategies to be used,for project: The principal strategy is to use multiple applications not available on the MDCs (e.g., mapping, wanted flyer retrievals, crime analysis information, field report-writing capabilities, streaming video, local, statewide and multi-state law 2009- DJ-BX-0033 Page 8 of 27 20A-15