REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Approve Budget Modification No. 37 to Appropriate $3,150 of Department of Homeland Security, State Homeland Security Grant Program Funds for Crime Analysis Training.
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
The City Manager applied for, and on December 10, 2014, the City was awarded, State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) grant funds in the amount of $3,150 for training. This award will allow two Department of Public Safety staff, the Senior Crime Analyst and an Investigations Bureau Support Staff, to attend a series of Crime Analysis Training over the next several months.
DPS requested this SHSGP funding to enhance DPS' current crime analysis and statistical methods capabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, serial crime identification, proactive investigative analysis and cold case investigation.
FFY 2013 SHSGP -Training - Crime Analysis
Crime Analysis Application Training $1,050
Criminal Intelligence & Analysis Processes $1,050
FFY 2014 SHSGP -Training - Crime Analysis
Criminal Investigative Analysis Training $1,050
SHSGP grants are used to address the Santa Clara County operational area's identified needs for responding to acts of terrorism or catastrophic events. Funded activities include planning, organization, equipment, training, and field exercises. The crime analysis function is a vital component in the prevention, preparation and response to acts of terrorism or catastrophic events. This includes the identification and use of legal information sources to aid in providing public safety services to the community. The training will provide guidelines, best practices, and information related to contemporary crime analysis sources.
Grant guidelines require each operational area to appoint an Anti-Terrorism Approval Body (known as the Approval Authority). This body makes the final determination on the operational area's allocation of SHSGP grant funds. The Approval Authority consists of the Cou...
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