20A - AA - JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT

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ATTACHMENT A 2012-DJ-BX-0057 City: Anaheim The City of Anaheim proposes to use the 2012 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: Purpose Areas: Law Enforcement Program Narrative: The Anaheim Police Department (APD) would like to use JAG funds to support the overtime expenses of the Department's frontline sworn and non sworn personnel in the following divisions: Operations, Operation Support, Investigations, and Special Operations. Due to the City's economic conditions, over the last few years APD has had to reduce both their sworn and non sworn staff in order to meet the City's budgetary goals. As a result, all employees within the Department have taken on extra responsibilities and duties in order to meet APD's goal of maintaining a safe community. Overtime hours have become an intricate part in helping APD's personnel work efficiently and effectively. Overtime hours will be assigned to employees within the four divisions at the discretion of the Department. Goals of the proiect: The Department's project goal is to improve and enhance the community's safety, while using a reduced number of sworn and non sworn personnel. In order to accomplish this goal, overtime hours will be assigned to each employee at the discretion of the Department. Strategies to be used for project: Overtime hours will be assigned to each employee at the discretion of the Department. A separate account code will be assigned specifically for this project. All overtime documents for this project will be assigned a specific account code. A copy of all overtime documents will be approved by the Department prior to submittal. A backup of all overtime documents will be included in each reimbursement submitted to the Orange County Sherriff s Department. Proiect identifiers: Overtime for personnel within Anaheim Police Department's four divisions: Operations, Operation Support, Investigations and Special Operations. Budget and Budget Narrative: Overtime for the Department's personnel will range from $16.00- $90.00 per hour depending on the position and rank of each employee. Due to budget constraints, APD is currently unable to fully fund the Department's overtime expenses. Timeline and/or Project plan: The project goals and objectives will be implemented immediately upon approval of the JAG program funds and Anaheim's City Council approval to utilize the JAG funds for this project. 2012-DJ-BX-2532 20A-13 Page 6 of 30