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HomeMy Public PortalAbout15) 9B COPS GrantCity Council August 7, 2012 Page 2 3. In June 2011, AB 118 was approved and the State of California amended Government Code § 30061 as part of the criminal justice realignment plan. This provided financing for the COPS program and also replaced the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (SLESF) with the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA). 4. On December 15, 2011, the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive's Office notified staff that the City will receive $100,000 from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) for the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) program 5. On February 21, 2012, the City Council approved the appropriation of FY 2011-12 SLESA funds to create a third dedicated deputy position on the City's Special Assignment Team and for specialized overtime (e.g., patrol saturation operations, directed traffic enforcement, burglary/theft suppression, etc.). 6. On June 19, 2012, the City Council adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13 City Budget, the status of the COPS grant was unknown therefore the third dedicated deputy position was not included in the FY 2012-13 adopted budget. 7. On June 20, 2012, City and Sheriff's Department staff met to discuss the expenditure of future COPS grant funding. 8. On June 28, 2012, Administrative Services Director Hause received notification that funding for the SLESA/COPS Program was included in the FY 2012-13 State Budget. 9. On July 30 and August 6, 2012, the Notice of Public Hearing was published in the Temple City Tribune. ANALYSIS: The Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) for the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) program, otherwise known as the COPS grant, provides cities with annual funding to supplement their front line law enforcement services. The COPS grant is administered by the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office and the City is slated to receive $100,000 in FY 2012-13. City and Sheriffs Department personnel met to discuss the expenditure of the COPS grant and recommend that the funds be utilized to offset the funding for a third dedicated deputy position for the Temple City Team. The Sheriffs Department is providing the City with a dedicated deputy position at a reduced grant rate of $175,303 per year, compared to the regular rate of $231,463 because $100,000 in grant funds are being used to partially fund the position. City Council August 7, 2012 Page 3 The duties of the third dedicated deputy will remain unchanged from last year and include the following: • The new deputy will become familiar with the concept of Community Oriented Policing, by interacting with the community to build a foundation of trust. This will be established through programs such as the Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch meetings. Community Oriented Policing works with all community members to address quality of life issues in the City. • Implementation of the "Community Safety Plan." The Community Safety Plan is a program designed to engage the community in one on one discussion with deputies regarding any issues the community member may have. The deputy will obtain information from the community member (i.e., name of reporting party and issues of concern) and will document the final disposition and any action taken. The deputy will notify the reporting party once the issues of concern have been addressed. If the issue is not handled immediately and requires an in-depth investigation, the deputy will notify the reporting party of the on-going investigation(s). • The new deputy will serve as the Emergency Disaster Liaison Coordinator with City staff. The deputy will work with City staff to coordinate an integrated response between local agencies. The deputy will be trained in the Incident Command System (ICS) in accordance with Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) standards. • The new deputy will assist the team in specialized surveillance and saturation operations (e.g., burglary suppression, probation/parole checks, wanted persons/warrant checks, etc.). The City is required to hold a public hearing, apart from its usual budget hearings, to consider the written request from the Chief of Police (i.e ., Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Captain Christopher Nee) for use of the funds. The public hearing has been noticed as required and community members are encouraged to attend to offer alternate suggestions for use of the grant funds. CONCLUSION: By maintaining the third dedicated deputy position on the special assignment team, the Sheriff's Department will have additional resources to continue improving overall policing service needs and quality of life issues in Temple City. Each year the COPS grant program, if funded, is included in the State's Budget. Staff recommends that the City Council review the status of the third dedicated deputy position City Council August?, 2012 Page 4 annually to determine if the position should be eliminated or maintained, depending on the availability of future COPS grant funds. FISCAL IMPACT: The COPS grant will provide $100,000 to partially fund the dedicated deputy position and $75,303 in General Funds will be used to fund the remaining portion. The City Council is requested to approve an amendment to the City's budget for the COPS Grant revenue account ( 13-830-34-3402) in the amount of $100,000 to reflect an increase in revenue for funds received from the COPS Grant and the Law Enforcement - General Law expenditure account (01-950-61-4710) in the amount of $175,303 for the addition of the third dedicated deputy position. ATIACHMENT: A. Letter from Sheriffs Department Dated July 2, 2012 County of Los Angeles SheriN's Department Headquarters 4700 Ramona Boulevard Monterey Park, California 91754-2169 £.'<tray f). 7laca, <5/iut/f July 2, 2012 Jose Pulido, City Manager City of Temple City 9701 Las Tunas Drive Temple City, California 91780 Dear Mr. Pulido : Attachment A Temple Station personnel have reviewed the annual request regarding the expenditures of supplemental law enforcement services accounts (SLESA) funds established by SB 823 (Poochigian). It is recommended the available SB 823 funds be utilized to offset the funding for a third dedicated deputy for the Temple City Team for 2012-2013 fiscal year. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact me at (626) 292-3300 . Sincerely, LEROY D. BACA, SHERIFF Ql~~fkv Christopher P . Nee , Captain Commander, Temple Station :.71 :Jradr!ion of derwce dince 1 <J50