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ATTACHMENT A 2012 -DJ -BX -0057 <br />City: Buena Park: <br />The City of Buena Park proposes to use the 2012 Justice Assistance Grant funding as follows: <br />Purpose Areas: <br />- Law Enforcement <br />Program Narrative: <br />The Buena Park Police Department proposes to use the Justice Assistance Grant Program funding to <br />supplement our current Police Service Aide Program. As a result of current fiscal deficits, we have had <br />several sworn police officer positions either frozen or eliminated. With the availability of our Police <br />Service Aides, they will be able to assist by taking non - violent reports, assisting in traffic control, <br />providing service at the front counter of the Police Department, and other duties as assigned. By using <br />funding for this program, this will free up sworn officers to respond to critical calls, and maintain timely <br />responses. <br />Goals of the project: <br />To maintain our current Police Service Aide Program. This will free up our sworn personnel from non- <br />critical reports, and allow them to respond to emergency calls for service. The Police Service Aide <br />Program will help us to maintain our current response times. <br />Strategies to be used for project: <br />- Police Service Aides will continue to assist in everyday tasks of taking reports for non - violent crimes <br />and other miscellaneous duties, usually handled by sworn patrol officers <br />- Reduce the amount of reports taken by patrol officers and allow them to be more available for <br />emergency calls for service <br />- Reduce response times for Patrol Officers responding to emergency calls for service <br />Proiect identifiers: See JAG Identifiers (attached) <br />- Community Policing <br />Budget and Budget Narrative: <br />Our Police Service Aide Program (which currently receives partial funding from JAG ARRA Grant <br />funds), will utilize this additional funding to provide salaries for this program. <br />Timeline and/or proiect plan: Identify when the goals and objectives will be completed <br />We will continue to fund the PSA program, which will free up the time of our patrol officers and reduce <br />response times to emergency calls. We should continue to maintain consistent response times to <br />emergency calls less than 5 minutes within the first year of the grant period. <br />2012 -DJ -BX -2532 Page 8 of 30 <br />