For City Council Meeting [September 10, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
Title
Request City Council to Accept the Fiscal Year 2018 Homeland Security Grant Program (HGSP) in the Amount of $24,962.
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BACKGROUND
The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) is the agency vested with the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdictions previously held within the Governor's Offices of Homeland Security (OHS) and Emergency Services (OES).
Specifically, Cal EMA is responsible for designing and implementing homeland security initiatives and ensuring the State's readiness is at its maximum potential to respond to and recover from the effects of all crises. Through these efforts, Cal EMA remains committed to the four mission areas of the HGSP - to prevent, prepare, respond and recover.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The California Governor's Office of Homeland Security allocates funds through the Office of Emergency Services. Proposed projects must relate to any of the State's priorities which are as follows:
* Interoperable Communications
* Catastrophic Planning
* Medical Surge
* Citizen Preparedness
* Critical Infrastructure
* Training/Equipment
* Food and Agriculture Safety
Applications for fiscal year 2018 funds for law enforcement were coordinated through the San Bernardino County Office of Emergency Services. The City of Rialto Police Department was awarded $24,962 for Active Shooter Vest Kits. Oftentimes, suspects involved in an active shooter event utilize high caliber ammunition to defeat the soft body armor of first responding law enforcement personnel. It is our intent to outfit our sworn personnel with Active Shooter Vest Kits that are specifically designed to be rapidly deployed and protect the wearer's vital organs from high caliber ammunition.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposed action does not meet the definition of a project as defined by...
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