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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Apply For And If Awarded, Accept COPS Community Policing Development 2015 Grant Funds From The United States Department Of Justice To Defray The Cost Of Community Policing Initiatives, To Include Costs Associated With Overtime For Said Initiatives And Programs; Costs Associated With Problem-Oriented Policing Training And Travel; Costs Associated With The Visibility And Outreach Campaign Which Includes The Neighborhood Watch Program (To Include Signage, Distribution Of Pamphlets/Brochures And Sponsorship Of Neighborhood Watch Events Such As National Night Out, Flashlight Walks); Costs Associated With Conducting Problem Oriented Policing Projects At Chronic Problem Locations (To Include Reunification Vouchers and Training); The Homeless Outreach Program (To Include Reunification Vouchers, Food, Gas Cards, Supplies And Training); And The Offender Focused Deterrence Program Inclusive Of Training; Funding For The Mobil Patrol To Purchase Equipment Such As Motion Sensors and CCTV Trailers, As Well As Uniforms, In An Amount Not To Exceed $238,100.00; Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Any And All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreements; And Further Authorizing The Establishment Of Certain Accounts To Recognize And Appropriate The Grant Funding, If Awarded.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
This Resolution seeks City Commission approval to apply for, and if awarded, accept COPS Community Policing Development 2015 Grant Funds from the United States Dept. of Justice to Defray the Cost of Community Policing Initiatives. Some of these community policing initiatives include a visibility and outreach campaign to include a neighborhood watch program, problem oriented policing projects in chronic problem locations which involved prostitution, homeless and domestic violence, a offe...
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