8.3 2006 Justice Grant (JAG)
CITY OF SALINA
REQUEST FOR CITY COMMISSION ACTION
DATE
02/13/2006
TIME
4:00 P.M.
AGENDA SECTION ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: APPROVED FOR
NO: 8 AGENDA:
POLICE DEPARTMENT
ITEM
NO. 3 BY: James D. Hill BY:
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ITEM:
Receive public comment regarding the proposed use of 2006 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
program funds, and authorize the submittal of the grant application.
BACKGROUND:
The former Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Program, which the City of Salina has
participated in since 1998, has been blended with the former Byrne Grant and is now called the
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.
For 2006, the City of Salina has been awarded $15,025. Like the LLEBG program, 1) the award is
based on our city's Part 1 violent crime statistics, and 2) as a certified disparate jurisdiction, we must
share an agreed upon amount of the award with Saline County. Unlike the LLEBG, matching funds
are not required.
Under the requirements of the grant, an applicant must make the grant application available for
review by the governing body 1) not fewer than 30 days before the application is electronically
submitted to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and 2) ensure that the public has the opportunity to
comment. Please find attached a draft of the grant application.
Sheriff Kochanowski has agreed to accept 250/0 of the JAG award, which is the same disparate
jurisdiction formula that we used last year and in previous years under the LLEBG. With your
approval, we would like to designate "Public Safety Training Equipment/Judgmental Use-of-Force
Simulator Optional Equipment Acquisition" as the program purpose for which JAG fund will be used.
In order to provide the best public safety value for Salina and Saline County, JAG funds will be co-
mingled to enhance the capability of the 2005 JAG funded simulator that will be used for the training
of Salina police officers and Saline County deputies alike.
This technology will benefit the members of both agencies, as the use-of-force simulator training
experience will assist officers in choosing the most appropriate force option response when
encountering resistance, thereby better preparing officers to react safely and with appropriate force
and judgment. Simulator training, although oftentimes not available due to the cost of acquisition, is
widely used by progressive law enforcement agencies. It is the type of critical training that the
Salina Police Department and Saline County Sheriff's Office must provide to our officers and
deputies.
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the electronic submittal of the JAG program grant application, designating "Public Safety
Training Equipment/Judgmental Use-of-Force Simulator Optional Equipment Acquisition" as the
program purpose for which JAG funds will be used.
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APPLICATION FOR 2. DATE SUBMITTED Applicant Identifier
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
1. TYPE OF SUBMISSION 3. DATE RECEIVED BY State Application Identifier
STATE
Application Non-Construction
4. DATE RECEIVED BY Federal Identifier
FEDERAL AGENCY
5.APPLICANT INFORMATION
Legal Name Organizational Unit
City of Salina Salina Police Department
Address Name and telephone number of the
person to be contacted on matters
255 North Tenth Street involving this application
Salina, Kansas
67401-2149 Hill, James
(785) 826-7221
6. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) 7. TYPE OF APPLICANT
48-6017228 Municipal
8. TYPE OF APPLICATION 9. NAME OF FEDERAL AGENCY
New Bureau of Justice Assistance
10. CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE 11. DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF
APPLICANT'S PROJECT
NUMBER: 16.738
CFDA EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE Public Safety Training Equipment
TITLE: ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM Project
12. AREAS AFFECTED BY PROJECT
City of Salina and County of Saline
13. PROPOSED PROJECT 14. CONGRESSIONAL
Start Date: October 01,2005 DISTRICTS OF
End Date: October 01, 2009
a. Applicant
b. Project KSOI
15. ESTIMATED FUNDING 16. IS APPLICATION SUBJECT
Federal $15,025 TO REVIEW BY STATE
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12372
Applicant $0 PROCESS?
State $0
Local $0 Program has not been selected by
state for review
Other $0
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Program Income $0 17. IS THE APPLICANT
TOTAL $15,025 DELINQUENT ON ANY
FEDERAL DEBT?
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18. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, ALL DATA IN THIS APPLICATION
PREAPPLICA TION ARE TRUE AND CORRECT, THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED
BY GOVERNING BODY OF THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH THE
ATTACHED ASSURANCES IF THE ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED.
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Program Narrative: Public Safety Training Equipment/Judgmental Use-of-
Force Simulator Optional Equipment Acquisition
City of Salina, Kansas, Police Department & Saline County, Kansas, Sheriffs
Office
The JAG Award would expand the capability of our base judgmental use-of-force
training simulator that was funded in FY 2005, by adding optional training
peripherals (such as TASER training capability) which would be jointly used by
the Salina Police Department and Saline County Sheriffs Office.
This expanded use-of-force simulator training experience will better prepare
officers to react safely and with appropriate force and judgment. Use of this
technology promises to deliver all the stressful realities of an actual operational
encounter, and would allow officers to make split second decisions and
demonstrate their responses to various use-of-force scenarios in the safe and
controlled environment of the classroom.
The goal of this effort is to provide local law enforcement officers with an effective
and realistic training experience that will assist them in choosing the most
appropriate force option response when encountering resistance, while reducing
the likelihood that certain use-of-force incidents will escalate to deadly force
encounters.
As we are certified disparate jurisdictions submitting a joint application, we have
agreed to distribute grant funds, which will be used for acquisition of training
simulator options, as follows:
City of Salina Police Department $11,269
Saline County Sheriffs Office
3,756
In order to make the greatest use of this technology, it is our intention to share
this equipment, for joint use by members of both agencies. Equipment will be
maintained at the Salina Police Department when not in actual use.
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Budget Narrative: Public Safety Training Equipment/Judgmental Use-of-
Force Simulator Optional Equipment Acquisition
City of Salina, Kansas, Police Department & Saline County, Kansas, Sheriffs
Office
As certified disparate jurisdictions, it has been agreed that JAG grant funds will
be distributed to each of the units of local government as follows:
Salina Police Department -$11,269
Saline County Sheriffs Office - $3,756
Funds will be expended by both agencies to complete the judgmental use-of-
force training simulator funded last year under JAG FY 2005. We will be able to
obtain additional features to enhance the base system, which we were not able
to obtain in 2005 due to limited funding. This acquisition will be shared for joint
use by police officers and sheriffs deputies.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF SALINA AND COUNTY OF SALINE, KANSAS
2006 BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM
Pursuant to the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program requirements for jurisdictions
certified as disparate, the CITY and COUNTY agree as follows:
Section 1
CITY agrees to serve and is designated by the COUNTY as applicant/fiscal agent for the
joint grant funds of $15,025.
Section 2
CITY agrees to pay COUNTY a total of $3,756 of JAG funds, with the CITY retaining a
total of $11,269 of JAG funds, using the same disparate jurisdiction formula as
previously agreed to by CITY and COUNTY under the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grant Program.
Section 3
CITY and COUNTY designate "Public Safety Training Equipment Acquisition" as the
Program purpose for which JAG funds will be used, and agree to expend all funds within
the time period specified in the grant award. COUNTY agrees to timely inform CITY, as
fiscal agent, of Program expenditures for JAG reporting purposes.
Section 4
In order to provide the best possible public safety value for the community, City and
County JAG funds will be joined to acquire additional training equipment for the 2005
JAG funded judgmental use-of-force training simulator that will be used for the training of
police officers and sheriffs deputies. When not in actual use by the Saline County
Sheriff's Office, the simulator will be maintained and stored at the Salina Police
Department.
This memorandum of understanding is made and entered into this_day of February,
2006, by and between the CITY OF SALINA and COUNTY OF SALINE, KANSAS.
Mayor of Salina, Kansas
Chair, Saline County Commission