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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> MEMORANDUM#E06-24 i <br /> Date: March 3,2006 <br /> To: Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council <br /> From: • Steve Garman,City Manager ._� I <br /> James Anderson,Acting Chief of Police I <br /> Reference. 2006 Justice Administration Grant(JAG) <br /> 2006-F2417-IL-DJ <br /> Purpose: <br /> The purpose of this memorandum is to inform council of the application for the 2006 Justice <br /> Administration Grant offered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance. This grant is a repeat offering of <br /> the JAG grant the police departmeut has received in the past.The JAG Grant replaces the Loca1 Law <br /> Enforcement Block Grants of the past. This grant will begin in October,2006 and run through <br /> September, 2008. <br />� Bac round• <br /> � • <br /> The JAG program was established within the Bureau of Justice Assistance(BJA)under the Omnibus <br /> Fiscal Year 2006 Appropriations Act. The level of funding for this grant is$52,520. However,the <br /> Courrty of Macon has applied as a Disparate Jurisdiction to the Staxe of Illinois Attorney General and was <br /> granted disparate stazus. An agreement between Sheriff Dawson and Acting Chief of Police James <br /> Anderson was reached, resulting in the same percentage of fund sharing as in past agreements. The <br /> agreement is for the County of Macon to receive 25 percern or$13,130 in JAG funds,redirected from <br /> City of Decatur's funding. The remaining 75 perceut or$39,390 in JAG funds will be available for the <br /> Decatur Police Departrnern. <br /> The cunerrt JAG grant has been used to provide hireback patrols and purchase less-lettial defensive <br /> weaponry. The proposed JAG grazrt will also be used for less lethal weaponry and hireback patrols to <br /> enhance community policing efforts. Without these federal funds to augmerrt the curreut police patrols <br /> and purchase equipmeut,funding would not curre�tly be available. There is no match attached to this <br /> grant application. <br /> Reference: <br /> The cunent offering of the Justice Administration Grant funds through the BJA provides additional funds <br /> for coirtinued hireback patrols to enhance the efforts of community policing and crime preverrtion. <br /> Recommendation: <br /> It is the recommendation of the Decatur Police Department that the city council approve a resolution to <br /> accept the grant and authorize the use of the funds as proposed. <br /> Staff Reference: Acting Police Chief James Anderson <br /> j aanders on�a?decatu rnet.or� <br /> 424-2741 <br /> Deputy Chief David Slade, Jr. <br /> drslade(a�,decaturnet.or� <br /> 424-2742 <br />