Submitted by: Allison Weikel
Submitting Department: Police Department
Agenda Section: Consent
Item Title:
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FY25 Budget Appropriation: Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention - Project Safe Neighborhoods - License Plate Reader Program with the City of Mount Rainier
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Suggested Action:
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I move that the Mayor and Council accept and appropriate into the FY25 Budget, the GOCCP Project Safe Neighborhoods award in the amount of $279,422.00 to purchase 12 stationary license plate readers and provide overtime for officers of HPD and Mt. Rainier for a Gang Violence Task Force.
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Summary Background:
HPD was awarded grant funds in the amount of $279,422.00 from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention - Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant. The Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant is designed to develop, implement, and support anti-gang prevention and violent crime enforcement strategies in Maryland through dedicated partnerships forming a PSN task force. Funds are intended to help create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, including, but not limited to, addressing criminal gangs and the felonious possession and use of firearms. Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing gang violence and violent crime. It brings together federal, state, local, and community partners to identify and address specific crime problems.
PSN focuses on four key areas are:
1. Community Engagement/Partnerships
2. Prevention and Intervention
3. Focused and Strategic Enforcement
4. Accountability
The City of Hyattsville Police Department’s License Plate Reader program, together with the City of Mount Rainier Police Department will use strategically placed license plate readers (LPR) to monitor and analyze major crimes, including gun and gang activity. The City of Hyattsville Police Department's License Plate Readers program will enhance information sharing capabilities with the City of Mt. Rainier and other partner agencies and provide officers and supervisors timely access to criminal intelligence data. Funding from the Project Safe Neighborhoods grant will help reduce existing gaps in services and to foster collaboration and cooperation among partner agencies and stakeholders throughout Maryland. Grant funds will purchase 12 stationary license plate readers to be strategically placed around the City in the amount of $221,822.00. The remaining funds in the amount of $57,600.00 will be used to provide overtime for our officers and Mt. Rainier working the Gang Violence Task Force.
Funding for this award is for one year, beginning October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
Next Steps:
Accept and appropriate grant funding.
Fiscal Impact:
Grant award in the amount of $279,422.00
City Administrator Comments:
Recommends support.
Community Engagement:
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Strategic Goals:
Goal 1 - Ensure Transparent and Accessible Governance
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