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SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
Agenda Item: 9
CITY OF SANTA CLARIT"
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
April 9, 2013
CITIZENS' OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS) GRANT -
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council accept the Fiscal Year 2012-13 Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS)
Grant from the County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office (CEO).
Approve the request from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Santa Clarita Valley
Station, to use the Fiscal Year 2012-13 COPS funds to continue funding the COBRA Team.
3. Establish estimated revenues in account 234-4461.003, Supplemental Law Enforcement
Grant, by $285,337.
4. Appropriate $285,337 to account 16100-5161.001 (Contractual Services).
Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute any contracts, agreements, or change
orders arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
Assembly Bill 1913 (Schiff -Cardenas Crime Prevention Act), signed into law in 2000, provides
funding to cities and counties for frontline law enforcement officers and juvenile justice
initiatives. With the passage of Assembly Bill 118 in 2011, the State of California amended
Government Code 30061 as part of the criminal justice realignment plan. This provided
financing for the Citizens' Option for Public Safety (COPS) program.
Fiscal Year 2012-13 marks the 17th year the City of Santa Clarita has been eligible to receive
grant funding from this program, which was originally adopted in 1996 via Assembly Bill 3229
(Brulte). The funds awarded are based on population, with each entity receiving a minimum
grant of $100,000. The City's estimated allocation for Fiscal Year 2012-13 is $285,337.
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According to grant requirements, City Council shall appropriate the funds in accordance with a
written request submitted by the Chief Administrator of the local law enforcement agency. The
Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department, Santa Clarita Valley Station, has proposed continued
partial funding of COBRA staff to enhance the Sheriffs efforts to curb youth crime in Santa
Clarita.
As a result of last year's funding, the COBRA Team has been able to handle 1,478 cases,
involving 786 suspects and including 209 gang -related crimes. The team has been able to
continue the gang and drug education programs for all seventh -grade students and has been an
integral part of the Teen Court Intervention Program. COPS funding has also enhanced the
COBRA Team's parent/youth counseling activities and increased the scope of their public
presentations in the community.
Current funding will also assist the COBRA Team in its efforts to apprehend graffiti vandals and
operate the City of Santa Clarita Community Court Diversion program.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Decline the Fiscal Year 2012-13 COPS Grant funding.
2. Determine alternate use for the Fiscal Year 2012-13 COPS Grant funding.
3. Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The anticipated cost of this program is estimated to be $285,337, to be offset completely by grant
revenue.
ATTACHMENTS
Letter of Request for Use of COPS Funds from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department,
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriffs Station
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County of Los Angeles
Sheriff's Department Headquarters t �i
4700 Ramona Boulevard
• Monterey Park, California 91754-2169
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PLEASE REFS
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(661) 255-1121
March 13, 2013
Honorable Bob Kellar, Mayor
City of Santa Clarita
23920 Valencia Boulevard, #300
Valencia, California 91355
Dear Mayor Kellar:
For the past several years, the City of Santa Clarita has received significant criminal
justice grant funds under Assembly Bill 1913 that has aided us in our efforts to make
Santa Clarita a safer place to live and work. This year's grant provides $285,337.00 from
the State of California for the Citizen's Option for Public Safety (COPS) Program. The
COPS grant has been used to enhance our efforts to curb youth crime in Santa Clarita.
Specifically, the funding has enabled us to partially pay for the salaries for the COBRA
Team.
In the past years, in addition to COBRA Team's mission of working to decrease gang
activity, graffiti, and other juvenile crimes, they have also provided gang and drug
education awareness for all seventh -grade students in Santa Clarita, and are an integral
part of the Teen Court intervention and City of Santa Clarita Community Court Diversion
Programs. In 2012, the COBRA Team handled 1,478 cases involving 786 suspects
which included 209 gang related crimes.
I am asking that you approve the use of the COPS Grant funds to continue these
programs.
Sincerely,
LEROY D. SAA, SHERIFF
Paul Becker, Captain
Santa Clarita Valley Station
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