Law Enforce Block Grant AppCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
July 31, 2001
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
2001 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Application
Chief of Police Klm Wadding is recommending submittal of the City's 2001 Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant Application to the United States Bureau of JustiCe Assistance.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl; Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Klm B. Wadding, Police Chief
MEMORANDA
Date: July 24, 2001
Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
From: Kim B. Wadding
Police Chief
Re: 2001 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Application
INTRODUCTION:
The purpose of this memorandum is to request approval by the City Council of the 2001 Local
Law Enforcement Block Grant application.
BACKGROUND:
The LLEBG Program was created in May 1996 and is a program within the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA). The purpose of the program is to assist local nnits of government with grant
funds to reduce crime and improve public safety through seven purpose areas. Those areas
include: support law enforcement, enhance security measures, establish or support drug courts,
enhance adjudication of cases involving violent offenders, establish multijurisdictional task
fomes, establish community crime prevention programs to control, detect, investigate crime, or
prosecute criminals, and defray cost of indemnification insurance for law enforcement officers.
Eligibility for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) Program is based on
factors:
1. Being a unit of general purpose local government, and
2. Having a law enforcement agency that files crime reports with the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The amount of funds a jurisdiction receives is based on the average annual number of UCR Part I
violent crimes (rape, robbery, murder, and aggravated assault) reported to the FBI for the three
most recent available calendar years.
The FY2001 funding formula has determined Dubuque is eligible to receive $40,688, a 10%
reduction due to an ongoing exception requiring agencies to provide same or better level of
health insurance benefits for officers retired or separated from service due to personal injury
suffered as a direct or proximate result of action in the line of duty while responding to a hot
pursuit or emergency situation. As with prior years, a ten percent local cash match is also
require to receive these funds. Based upon this year's allocation, the local cash match is $4,069.
DISCUSSION:
With the application due July 25, 2001, the initial application has been updated and submitted for
review. Once we are notified of our eligibility to receive an award, we have 45 days to submit
an allocation plan. Included within the plan is a review by a local advisory panel and results
from a public heating soliciting comments for the proposed allocation supported by LLEBG
funds. Grant funds from previous years have been dedicated to three areas: Overtime, Crime
Prevention, and Equipment.
Grant funds have been used to pay overtime related to special investigative cases, canine care
and personnel for special events. Crime prevention activities include overtime costs associated
with Citizen Police Academy and Community Policing. Grant funding also supplied materials
and equipment for the Citizen Police Academy, Iowa Crime Free Multi-housing Program,
Comm..unity Policing, and special equipment for the patrol and tactical units.
ACTION REQUESTED:
It is recommended that the City Council endorse the 2001 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant
application and approve a police department budget amendment to fund the cash match from the
police department 2001/02 general fund budget.