For City Council Meeting [November 14, 2017]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Michael Story, City Administrator
FROM: Randy De Anda, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Accept California Citizens Option for Public Safety (COPS) Allocation of 2017/2018 Funding and Adopt Budget Resolution No. 7234 Appropriating Funds in the Amount of $162,988.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Bernardino Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector has allocated California Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) funding to the City of Rialto Police Department.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Guidelines regulating the use of COPS funding specify that it may only be used for front-line municipal police services. Front-line police services are not specifically defined, but include anti-gang and other community enforcement programs.
Each county must create a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund Committee (SLESF) before applying for funds. California Department of Finance requires this committee to be comprised of the following officials: one Police Chief, the County Sheriff, the District Attorney, the County's Executive Officer and one City Manager. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has already established an oversight committee by resolution.
Rialto Police Department will use the allocation funding of $162,988 for technology, communication equipment and personal protective equipment.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
The proposed action does not meet the definition of a project as defined by Section 15378 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A "Project" means the whole of an action, which as a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and excludes the following:
1) Continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, general policy and procedure making.
2) Organi...
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