RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $5 5,590 FROM THE
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES FOR THE COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING SAID
FUNDS TO THE POLICE GRANTS SECTION OF THE
FEDERAL GRANTS FUND
WHEREAS, the Police Department has been awarded $ 55,590 in grant funding from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Scie nce Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Coverdell program is to improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services over current operations; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will be used to provide education and tr aining to crime laboratory personnel to ensure they can effectively perform their assignments during crime scene callouts; and
WHEREAS, the Coverdell funds will also be used to purchase three digital stereoscopes with high-resolution cameras for latent print examination, crime scene drone with accompanying mapping software, a supercomputer to ensure newly acquired digital forensic equipment and software are functioning at its fullest capacity , a camera kit for forensic services , and a Ramsey box for digital evidence; and
WHEREAS, the crime scene drone funded by the Coverdell Forensic Improvement Program is listed in the Chula Vista Police Department’s Military Equipment Policy, which was approved by City Council on May 3, 2022 t hrough Ordinance No. 3520 and will be included in an annual report to the City Council in 2023 for the City’s Council’s review of military equipment use and acquisition in the prior year for compliance with the policy and reauthorization of the policy; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds provided by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services will completely offset the total costs of this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it accepts $55,590 from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and appropriates $55,590 to the supplies & services category of the Police Grants Section of the Federal Grants Fund of the fiscal year 2022/2023 adopted budget for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Roxana Kennedy Glen R. Googins
Chief of Police City Attorney