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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents to receive and expend $600,000 in grant funding from the California Board of State and Community Corrections for the Strengthening Law Enforcement and Community Relations Grant for the term of July 1, 2016 to August 30, 2018; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Police Department (PD) by $600,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In May 2014, the City Council approved the adoption of the Safe Long Beach Violence Prevention Plan (Safe Long Beach). Safe Long Beach is a comprehensive strategic plan for action to prevent violence in families, schools and communities. To support the goals of Safe Long Beach, the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has awarded the City of Long Beach (City) with the Strengthening Law Enforcement and Community Relations Grant (Grant) in the amount of $600,000.
The BSCC Grant is intended to fund collaborative law enforcement-community approaches that aim to improve, strengthen, establish or re-establish positive and meaningful relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve. This opportunity aligns with President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which was created to strengthen community policing and trust among law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
The BSCC issued the grant solicitation to strengthen law enforcement programs and community relationships by providing:
· Training for all peace officers on issues such as implicit bias and procedural justice;
· Assessing the state of law enforcement-community relations;
· Comparing the status quo with the best practices in the policing profession;
· Receiving recommendations for moving forward; and,
· Providing Community-Police and Youth-Police Dialogues that address the needs of victims, offenders and the community.
Moreover, this funding aligns with the goals of the Safe Communities strategy ...
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