BACKGROUND:
The State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) is a grant program under the umbrella of FEMA’s Homeland Security Grant Program, started in 2003, the grant program assists in providing funding to support the implementation of risk-driven, capabilities-based State Homeland Security Strategies to address capability targets.
DISCUSSION:
In 2020, Cathedral City Police applied for the SHSP grant to assist the department with transitioning to a county-wide seamless radio communication system. Our application was approved, and we were awarded $142,280 to be dispersed in 2022. Within our application the funding request included $33,000 for three upgraded PSEC compatible consolettes and $109,280 to be used toward the required software upgrades to the six dispatch consoles within the communications center. The grant award of $142,280 was approved by City Council at the September 14, 2022 City Council meeting.
In 2021, Cathedral City Police applied for the SHSP grant for a second year to continue assisting the department with transitioning to a county-wide seamless radio communication system. Our application was approved, and we were awarded $102,000 to be dispersed in 2023. Within our application, the funding request included the remaining $78,101 to be used toward the required software upgrades to the six dispatch consoles within the communications center, $15,330 for required Nokia SAR-A routers to connect the fiber circuits from Cathedral City to PSEC’s core sites, and the remaining $8,569 toward the purchase of PSEC compatible radio(s) for the Cathedral City Fire Department.
This grant will provide financial assistance to Cathedral City to achieve the goal identified by City Council on March 24th, 2021, to migrate to the PSEC radio system.
The next step in the SHSP grant acceptance process is for CCPD to provide an approved copy of a local governing body resolution authorizing the organization to receive the grant funds.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact to the General Fund, This grant will be accounted for in the Police Grant Fund (247).