55B - AA - RESO - COPS HIRING GRANT

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 15, 2016 TITLE: APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT, RESOLUTION AND AGREEMENT ACCEPTING 2016 COPS HIRING GRANTFUNDS (STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 313; 1, 1F) a,,, a CITY MANAGEf RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: F"I• ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $1,250,000 in 2016 COPS Hiring Grant funds in revenue account (no. 12714002 52001), and appropriating same to expenditure account (no. 12714409 - various). 2. Adopt a resolution allocating ten new Police Officer positions to the FY 2016 -17 Police Department budget. 3. Authorize the City Manager and the Chief of Police to sign the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing ( "COP ") Services Award Document and Award Document Supplement for the COPS Hiring Program. DISCUSSION In June of this year, the Police Department applied for a competitive 2016 COPS Hiring Grant made possible through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grant is designed to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in the hiring and retention of police officers. The COPS Office reviewed 1,181 applications ultimately awarding $119,309,470 through the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) by way of 184 grants nationwide. The Santa Ana Police Department received notification that it has been awarded a 2016 grant award for ten police officer positions in the amount of $1,250,000 over a three -year grant period. Attached as Exhibit "1" is the Award Document and Award Document Supplement. This is the third year in a row that the Police Department has received this highly competitive grant. The Police Department received similar grant awards for ten officers in 2014 and 2015. 55B -1