R2008-106 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION GRANT APPLICATION

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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM#0&31 Date: June 21, 2008 To: Mayor Caxrigan and City Council John Smith, Interim City Manager Jerry Bauer,Assistant City Manager From: James A. Anderson, Chief of Police � Edward D. Smith,Deputy Chief of lice� Jonathan D. Thomas, Lieutenant Reference: 2008 Justice Administration Grant(JAG) 2008-F5776-IL-DJ Memorandum of Understanding Purpose: The purpose of this memorandum is to inform the Mayor and City Council of the application for the 2008 Justice Administration Grant(JAG)offered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance(BJA). This is the fourth yeaz for the JAG Crrants. The JAG has replaced the Loca1 Law Enforcement Block Grant(LLEBG)that has been in place and udlized by the police department since 1997. Background: This is a federal grant for municipal police departments and replaces the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. This federal grant is administered by the Department of Justice,Bureau of Justice Assistance and passes through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The level of funding for this grant is $28,725. However,The County of Macon has applied as a Disparate Jurisdiction to the State of Illinois, Office of the Attorney General and was granted disparate status. An agreement between Sheriff Jerry Dawson and Police Chief James Anderson was reached and Macon County is receiving$7181.25 or 25%of the JAG funds,redirected from City of Decatur funding. Macon County will apply and manage their grant funds. The remaining funds, $21,543.75 aze designated for use by the Decatur Police Department. This grant does not require a cash match. Funding will be used to achieve three goals set forth in the grant application; 1)concentration of enforcement resources on criminal offenders that commit a disproportionate amount of crime in the city and 2)the purchase of additional defensive weapons for police patrol officers. Without this grant, funding to augment the current police patrols and to purchase additional Tasers would not be available. Reference: The current offering of grant funds(2007 JAG)through the BJA provides additional funds for continued overtime hire back patrols to enhance the efforts of community policing and crime prevention. The department intends to use this grant (2008 JAG)to secure additional defensive weaponry for the protection of the citizens and the of�icers. Additionally, we wiil use the remaining 2008 grant funding to provide overtime hire back for Anti-Crime Team and bikes, for the purpose of crune suppression and drug enforcement.