HomeMy WebLinkAbout02 LAW ENF BLOCK GRT 08-21-00AGENDA RE? 3RT
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MEETING DATE:
AUGUST 21, 2000
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
POLICE DEPARTMENT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
NO. 2
08-21-00
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SUMMARY:
The Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 (Public Law 105-119)
authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make funds
available to local government under the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant
(LLEBG) Programs for reducing crime and improving public safety. The Police
Department proposes to upgrade technology with the purchase of digital camera
equipment. The Police Department proposes to use the 1999-2000 LLEGB
funds to purchase digital cameras and support equipment.
RECOMMENDATION-
1. Open and close a Public Hearing.
2. Authorize usage of the funds as recommended by the Police Department.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Fiscal impact in the amount of $5609. The grant award in the amount of $50,481
does require a matching amount of $5,609.
BACKGROUND:
For sometime the Police Department has been looking to enhance and upgrade
photographic documentation technology. In addition, Judge Donna Crandall of
the Orange County Superior Court has requested that police departments in the
county use digital camera technology as part of their domestic violence
investigations. Currently the Tustin Police Department has already begun to
convert to digital technology with the Optical Imaging and Live-Scan systems.
Digital cameras will further enhance this digital transformation and the
photographic systems currently in use, i.e. 35 mm format cameras and Polaroid
cameras.
Digital cameras will improve the quality of information in terms of photograPhic
investigations and evidence gathering. It will do so at a reduced cost over the
current methods of photographic processing. The Police Department proposes
the purchase of approximately 45 digital cameras for use with the Patrol and
Investigation Units. In addition, equipment in the form of additional computers,
printers and supplies will be purchased for the necessary support of these
cameras.
On August 14, 2000 a meeting of the Advisory Board as required by the grant
was held. The Advisory Board supported the purpose as outlined by the Police
Department for expenditure of the funds.
STEVE FOSTER
Chief of Police