| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 4.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | Todd D. Elgin
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Police
| | Subject: | Approval to allocate Fiscal Year 2015-16 Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) funds. (Action Item) | Date: | 6/28/2016 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To gain City Council approval to use moneys allocated from the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) for FY 2015-16 for approximately $273,189, and to allocate these funds for front-line law enforcement services. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Police Department receives an annual allocation from the State through the county Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA). SLESA funding for local government assists local law enforcement agencies by providing additional resources for front-line law enforcement services and/or capital projects that directly support such services, and is not intended to supplant current funding. The City’s allocation for FY 2015-16 is approximately $273,189. By statute, the monies allocated “…to a recipient entity shall be expended exclusively to provide front-line law enforcement services. These moneys shall not be used by local agencies to supplant other funding for Public Safety Services...” (Government Code §30062(a)). |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
Historically, the Department has utilized these funds to make purchases that directly support the delivery of front line law enforcement services, such as electronic citation devices and mobile computer terminals for patrol vehicles. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the City’s General Fund as a result of this allocation. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Approve the acceptance of FY 2015-16 Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Account (SLESA) funds in the amount of $273,189; and
- Authorize the allocation of these funds to the Police Department for front-line law enforcement services
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