HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 093-13RESOLUTION NO. 093— 1 3
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZINGTHE BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EDWARD BYRNE
MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTPROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has authorized the Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant per statute: "Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,
as amended, Title I; 42 U.S.C. 3751 (a); Crime Control Act of 1990, Public Law 101- 647 "; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice
administers the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to provide funds
to units of local government to underwrite projects to reduce crime and improve public
safety; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is eligible to receive $154,003 from the 2013 Edward \,
Byrne Memorial Justice AssistanceGrant Program; and
WHEREAS, the Bakersfield Police Department will apply to the Departmentof Justice
for the use of grant funds to supplement its budget to fund BPD overtime for School
Resource Officers and Targeted Case Management services, in partnership with Project 180,
to assess and respond to internal / external threats in schools and to reduce truancy, as
described in Exhibit "A" attached herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Bakersfield authorizes
City Manager, or his /her designee, to apply for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant.
NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Police Department is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute in the name of the City of Bakersfield, all necessary, contracts,
payment requests, agreements and amendments thereto for the purpose of securing grant
funds, implementing and carrying out the purposes specified in the grant application, and
drawing down grant funds as necessary.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and ado e y the
Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on JUL ��1� by
the following vote:
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POES COUNCILMEMBER: RIVERA, MAXWELL, WEIR,SMITH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, JOHNSON
COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER:
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CITY CLERK and Ex Officio derk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO, City Attorney
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Richard Iger
Associate City Attorney
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Exhibit "A"
2013 JAG /BYRNE GRANT PROPOSAL
Schools in Bakersfield are equally at risk to threats, both internal and external, as are schools
in any other part of the nation. This nation has seen school violence in many forms. From
Columbine, where two school students killed twelve fellow students, an internal threat, to the
more recent Sandy Hook Elementary School, where Adam Lanza, an external threat, killed
twenty elementary school children. School threats in any form must be taken seriously.
Truancy also continues to plague many schools in the greater Bakersfield area. Despite
numerous interventions truancy is still a common occurrence that requires consistent
attention and multijurisdictional solutions.
The goals of this project are: (1) to partner with allied agencies, both governmental and
community based to identify, intervene and prevent school violence through threat
assessment partnerships; (2) Reduce school truancy by targeting individual, at -risk students
who are habitually truant; and, (3) Provide additional law enforcement services to targeted
schools on an on -going as needed basis.
The strategy we will use to accomplish these goals will be to employ School Resource
Officers (SRO) to area schools on an overtime basis. Before officers will be eligible for
assignment as an SRO they will be required to attend training. They will be deployed
throughout the city and supervised by a full -time sergeantwho will be responsible for daily
assignments. SROs will focus their efforts on targeted schools in partnershipwith Project 180
to identify, intervene and preventschool violence and truancy through a multijurisdictional
approach. The approach utilizes Targeted Case Management services that focus on the
dynamic factors and will include, but not be limited to Diversion programs, Cognitive -
Behavioral treatment using the Aggression Replacement Training (A.R.T.), Forward Thinking
Interactive Journaling curriculums, and Parent Project.
Project 180 is a gang prevention partnership dedicated to working with at -risk youth by
helping them make better decisions through caring adult relationships, after - school
programs, youth development, diversion programs, service learning, job skills training, tattoo
removal, parenting skill building, crisis response, and teaching life skills. Project 180 is funded
by the Kern County Board of Supervisors under the leadership of the Joint City / County
Standing Committee to Combat Gang Violence and with administrative support from the
Kern County Department of Human Services.
Grant monies will be used to fund BPD overtime ($149,003) and Targeted Case
Management services ($5,000) in partnership with Project 180.
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