Law Enforce Blk Grant applicatiMEMORANDUM
August12,2003
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
2003 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Application
The Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Program was created in May 1996,
and is a .program within the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The purpose of the
program [s to assist local units 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 multi-jurisdictional task
forces, establish community crime prevention programs to control, detect, investigate
crime, or prosecute criminals, and defray cost of indemnification insurance for law
enforcement officers.
Chief of Police Klm Wadding recommends City Council endorsement of the 2003 Local
Law Enforcement Block Grant application in the amount of $21,651, and approval of a
Police Department budget amendment to fund the cash match from the Police
Department 2003/04 general fund budget in the amount of $2,406.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
MCVM/jh
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cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Klm B. Wadding, Chief of Police
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MEMORANDA
Date: August 7, 2003
To: Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
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From: Klm B. Wadding "~,~'~
Police Chief
Re: 2003 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Application
INTRODUCTION:
The purpose of this memorandum is to request approval by the City Council of the 2003
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 units 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 forces, 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
two 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 FY2003 funding formula has determined Dubuque is eligible to receive $21,651, 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 required to receive these funds. Based upon this
year's allocation, the local cash match is $2,406.
DISCUSSION:
On August 7, 2003 the initial grant application was submitted for review. Once we are
notified of our eligibility to receive an award, we will be given an opportunity to submit
an allocation plan. Included within the plan is a review by a local advisory panel and
results from a public hearing 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, Community Policing, and special equipment for the
patrol and tactical units.
ACTION REQUESTED:
It is recommended that the City Council endorse the 2003 Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant application and approve a police department budget amendment to fund the cash
match from the police department 2003/04 general fund budget.