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7.A. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er September 24, 2012 SUBJECT Proposed use of fiscal year 2012-2013 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant funds (Byrne JAG) by the Redwood City Police Department and budget appropriation to the general fund budget RECOMMENDATION Conduct a Public Hearing, and by resolution, approve the grant application and recommendation of the Chief of Police to expend $16,773 in Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Byrnes JAG funding towards police equipment. BACKGROUND The Byrne JAG Program, administered by Office of Justice Program's (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance, allows state and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. These grants are allocated based on a formula of population and violent crime statistics, in combination with a minimum allocation to ensure that each state and local government receives an appropriate share of funding. The Byrne JAG Program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The program provides state and local governments with funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, and technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives. The fiscal year 2012-2013 Byrne JAG allocation for the City of Redwood City is $16,773. It is the recommendation of the Chief of Police that this grant funding be allocated for the purchase of police equipment, specifically weapon lights and holsters to accommodate such lights for sworn personnel. Last fiscal year, the Department utilized grant funds to replace all duty sidearms with the Glock 22 "Generation 4" model weapon. One of the primary reasons the Department chose this model was that these pistols are equipped with an accessory rail on the underside of the frame. Notification of the Public Hearing was provided and will be published on September 12, 2012.