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MARYSVILLE INTEGRATED JUSTICE
RESPONSE INITIATIVE
FY 2026 ICJR Program — Proposal Narrative & Abstract
City of Marysville Police Department | Marysville, California Applicant Agency City of Marysville Police Department
Project Title Marysville Integrated Justice Response Initiative (MIJRI) Grant Program FY 2026 ICJR Program — Category 1
Opportunity Number O-OVW-2026-172633
Project Period 36 months (October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2029) Total Funding Requested $695,500 (including $300,000 Policing & Prosecution Initiative) Service Area City of Marysville and Yuba County, California Key Partners Yuba County Probation, Yuba County DA, Yuba Superior Court, Yuba County Victim Services, Casa de Esperanza, Yuba County Office of Education, Marysville JUSD
PROPOSAL ABSTRACT
The City of Marysville Police Department (MPD), in partnership with Yuba County Probation, the Yuba County District Attorney's Office, Yuba Superior Court, Yuba County Victim Services, Casa de Esperanza, the Yuba County Office of Education, and the Marysville Joint Unified School District (MJUSD), proposes the Marysville Integrated Justice Response Initiative (MIJRI) for a comprehensive, two-pronged initiative to strengthen the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Marysville, California and the broader Yuba County region.
The MIJRI addresses two critical and interrelated gaps in the local criminal justice infrastructure. First, the project will fund the acquisition, implementation, and training of a modern Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management System (RMS) to replace MPD's aging, siloed infrastructure. The upgraded system will establish direct, real-time information-sharing pathways among MPD, the Yuba County Probation Department, the Yuba County Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office, regional and state law enforcement agencies, federal law enforcement, and victim services providers. This enhanced connectivity will dramatically improve the tracking of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases; facilitate timely protection order enforcement across jurisdictions; reduce information gaps that currently undermine offender accountability; and ensure that all criminal justice partners are operating from a shared, up-to-date picture of case status and offender history.
Second, through the Policing and Prosecution Initiative, the MIJRI will fund a dedicated full-time detective position specializing exclusively in domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking investigations. This detective will conduct victim-centered, trauma-informed investigations; Marysville Investigations Unit | FY 2026 ICJR Program Application City of Marysville Police Department | Page 2
coordinate closely with the DA's Office to support robust prosecution; actively work to identify primary aggressors and prevent harmful dual arrests; and serve as the department's expert on lethality assessment and high-risk case management. The detective will also partner with the Yuba County Office of Education and MJUSD to deliver evidence-based dating violence prevention education to Marysville-area students, addressing these issues at the community and generational level.
The urgency of this investment is underscored by Marysville's documented crime burden. According to FBI UCR data, Marysville recorded a violent crime rate of approximately 1,296 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — ranking 8th highest among all California cities with a population of 10,000 or more, and placing Marysville in the top 13% of the most dangerous communities in the nation. More than 87% of California communities have a lower crime rate than Marysville. These statistics reflect a persistent public safety crisis that demands targeted, coordinated intervention.
Together, these initiatives will build a sustainable, interconnected criminal justice infrastructure that improves offender accountability, enhances victim safety, advances coordinated community response, and serves the historically underserved residents of Marysville and Yuba County. Total funding requested is $595,500 over 36 months, including $395,500 for CAD/RMS technology and $300,000 through the Policing and Prosecution Initiative for the dedicated detective position.
SECTION 1: PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT (Weighted 30%)
Why We Are Applying
The City of Marysville is a small, majority-minority city of approximately 12,700 residents located in Yuba County in California's Central Valley. The need for this investment is urgent and data-driven.
According to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data, Marysville recorded a violent crime rate of approximately 1,296 incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024 — ranking 8th highest among all California cities with a population of 10,000 or more. This rate is more than 2.5 times the California statewide average and places Marysville in the top 13% of the most dangerous communities in the United States. More than 87% of California communities have a lower crime rate than Marysville.
Preliminary FBI data for 2025, while showing a statewide decline in violent crime of approximately
9.3%, continues to reflect Marysville's persistently elevated crime burden relative to peer communities across the state.
These elevated rates are driven in significant part by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking — crimes compounded by poverty, limited access to services, housing instability, and a historically underfunded criminal justice infrastructure. Despite the dedication of MPD officers and partner agencies, the Department currently operates with an outdated Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System that functions as a closed, isolated data environment. Information cannot be readily shared with probation, the Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney, courts, state databases, or victim service providers in real time. Officers responding to incidents often lack complete case histories, outstanding protection orders, or prior contact information, which are gaps that directly compromise both victim safety and offender accountability.
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Equally critical, MPD has no detective position dedicated exclusively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. These complex, sensitive cases are currently handled by general detectives managing a broad caseload, limiting the depth of investigation, victim follow-up, and coordination with partner agencies. The absence of a specialist also means the community lacks a dedicated point of contact for education, prevention, and multi-agency coordination efforts.
Project Goals and Objectives
The MIJRI is organized around two primary goals:
• Goal 1 — Modernize Information Infrastructure: Acquire, implement, and fully integrate a modern CAD/RMS system that enables real-time, bi-directional information sharing among MPD and all criminal justice and victim services partners in Yuba County and beyond. • Goal 2 — Establish a Dedicated Investigations Capacity: Fund and deploy a full-time detective position exclusively focused on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking — improving investigation quality, victim engagement, offender accountability, dual-arrest prevention, and community education.
These goals directly address statutory purpose areas 2 (developing data collection systems and tracking capabilities), 3 (coordinating criminal justice responses), 4 (coordinating computer tracking systems), 7 (providing technology to facilitate protection order enforcement), 9 (preventing dual arrests and identifying primary aggressors), and 14 (training prosecutors and related personnel regarding best practices for offender accountability and victim safety). The project also advances the Policing and Prosecution Initiative through the dedicated detective position.
Communities to Be Served
The MIJRI will serve residents of the City of Marysville and Yuba County, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable community members: survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are disproportionately women, children, immigrants, and low-income individuals. The Marysville area has a significant Latino/Hispanic population and a growing number of residents who are immigrants or have limited English proficiency — communities that face compounded barriers to accessing law enforcement and victim services. The dedicated detective and upgraded systems will improve the Department's capacity to serve these populations equitably and safely.
Partner organizations including Casa de Esperanza (a Latino-serving domestic violence service provider) and Yuba County Victim Services provide existing wraparound support. MPD's enhanced investigative and data-sharing capabilities will strengthen referral pathways and ensure that victims connected to these services receive coordinated follow-up and protection.
SECTION 2: WHAT WILL BE DONE (Weighted 35%)
Goal 1 — Modernize CAD/RMS Information Infrastructure
Activities
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The primary technology activity is the procurement, installation, configuration, and training associated with a new CAD/RMS platform designed for interoperability with county, regional, state, and federal law enforcement systems. Specific activities include:
• Needs Assessment & Procurement (Months 1–6): MPD's IT coordinator and command staff will conduct a formal needs assessment, issue a Request for Proposals, and select a vendor whose platform meets interoperability requirements for integration with Yuba County Probation's case management system, the Yuba County Sheriff's Office RMS, the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), the California Restraining and Protective Order System (CARPOS), the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and victim services case management platforms used by Yuba County Victim Services and Casa de Esperanza. • System Configuration & Integration (Months 4–10): Following vendor selection, MPD's designated IT coordinator (subcontracted through the vendor) will configure the system, establish secure data-sharing protocols with each partner agency, and conduct integration testing to ensure real-time data flows are functioning correctly and securely. • Training (Months 8–12): All MPD officers and dispatchers will receive initial training on the new CAD/RMS platform. Partner agency liaisons at Yuba County Probation, the Sheriff's Office, the DA's Office, Yuba Superior Court, and victim service providers will receive training on their respective access portals and data-sharing functions.
• Go-Live and Ongoing Maintenance (Month 12 onward): The system will go live with full partner integration. Ongoing maintenance, system updates, and user support will be provided under a multi-year service agreement included in the vendor contract.
Victim Safety and Offender Accountability
The new CAD/RMS system will directly enhance victim safety by ensuring that officers responding to any domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking call have immediate access to: prior incident history at a given address or involving specific parties; active protection orders, including outof-state orders; offender case status with probation or parole; and victim safety flags entered by victim service providers. This information will enable more informed, protective responses. Offender accountability will be enhanced by closing information gaps that currently allow high-risk individuals to move between systems undetected and by enabling faster, more accurate protection order enforcement across jurisdictions.
Outcomes and Tracking
Success for Goal 1 will be measured by:
• Successful go-live of integrated CAD/RMS system by month 12 • Number of partner agencies with active, real-time data-sharing connections (target: 7 by month 18)
• Reduction in time from incident report to case file availability across partner agencies (target:
same-day for high-risk cases)
• Number of protection orders flagged and enforced through the new system annually • Officer satisfaction survey scores regarding information access at time of response Marysville Investigations Unit | FY 2026 ICJR Program Application City of Marysville Police Department | Page 5
Goal 2 — Dedicated Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Detective (Policing and Prosecution Initiative)
Activities
MPD will designate one full-time detective position dedicated exclusively to the investigation and coordination of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases. This position, funded entirely through the Policing and Prosecution Initiative component of this grant, will carry out the following activities:
• Specialized Investigations: The detective will manage all domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases from initial report through case closure or referral for prosecution. Investigations will follow victim-centered, trauma-informed protocols, including safety planning, lethality assessment (using the Danger Assessment instrument), and regular victim check-ins throughout the investigation process.
• Dual Arrest Prevention: The detective will review all dual-arrest situations involving domestic violence or dating violence to identify the primary aggressor based on injury pattern, history of abuse, self-defense claims, and other evidence-based criteria. The detective will coordinate with the DA's Office to ensure appropriate charging decisions and develop departmental protocols for primary aggressor identification consistent with 34 U.S.C. § 10461 requirements. • Coordination with the DA's Office and Courts: The detective will serve as the primary law enforcement liaison to the Yuba County DA's Office for all domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking prosecutions — providing case briefings, facilitating victim cooperation, and ensuring that case files are complete and timely. The detective will also coordinate with Yuba Superior Court probation officers regarding offender conditions and violations.
• Coordination with Victim Services: The detective will work closely with Yuba County Victim Services and Casa de Esperanza to ensure that all identified victims receive timely referrals for advocacy, shelter, legal services, and other supportive resources. The detective will participate in regular multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings with victim service partners. • High-Risk Case Management: Using lethality assessment data and case history from the new CAD/RMS system, the detective will identify and flag high-risk cases for priority response, coordinate with the DA's Office for accelerated prosecution where appropriate, and ensure victim advocates are immediately notified in high-danger situations. • Dating Violence Education — Schools Partnership: The detective will partner with the Yuba County Office of Education and MJUSD to deliver age-appropriate, evidence-based dating violence prevention curriculum to middle and high school students in Marysville-area schools.
Programming will include at minimum two school-year presentations per campus, consistent with best practices for adolescent relationship abuse prevention. The detective will coordinate with school counselors to establish referral pathways for students who disclose abuse or seek help.
• Community Training and Outreach: The detective will provide training to MPD officers on trauma-informed interview techniques, victim-centered investigation protocols, lethality assessment, and dual-arrest prevention. The detective will also participate in community outreach events and serve as a resource for community members seeking guidance on protection orders, safety planning, and reporting options.
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Victim Safety and Offender Accountability
The dedicated detective position is designed to make victim safety its central organizing principle.
Every investigative action from the initial response through case closure will be guided by victim safety planning and ongoing risk assessment. The detective's close relationship with victim service providers ensures that survivors receive holistic support concurrent with criminal justice intervention. Offender accountability is advanced through more thorough, victim-centered investigations that produce stronger cases for prosecution; through proactive monitoring of offenders on probation or parole via the new CAD/RMS; and through the community-wide deterrent effect of consistent, expert-level investigation and prosecution of these offenses.
Outcomes and Tracking
Success for Goal 2 will be measured by:
• Detective position filled and operational by month 3
• Number of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases assigned to and managed by the detective annually
• Case clearance rate for assigned cases (target: meet or exceed statewide average) • Number of dual-arrest reviews completed and documented annually • Number of victims receiving referrals to victim services within 48 hours of incident report (target:
90%)
• Number of lethality assessments administered annually • Number of high-risk cases flagged and referred for priority prosecution • Number of school-based dating violence prevention presentations delivered annually (target:
minimum 8)
• Number of students reached through school programming annually • Number of MDT meetings attended annually
All performance data will be entered into OVW's performance measurement reporting system and submitted with semi-annual progress reports as required.
Accessibility of Services
MPD and all project partners are committed to ensuring that services, investigative processes, and educational programming are accessible to all community members regardless of language, disability status, immigration status, or other barriers. Specific measures include:
• The dedicated detective will be trained in trauma-informed, culturally responsive interviewing and will have access to interpretation services for all non-English-speaking victims, including Spanish-language services through Casa de Esperanza.
• The new CAD/RMS system will include the ability to flag cases involving victims with disabilities, limited English proficiency, or other access needs, triggering appropriate accommodations at time of response.
• School-based programming will be designed to be inclusive of students with disabilities. • Victim referrals will include documentation of any accessibility accommodations needed, and partner agencies will be notified of these needs at time of referral.
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SECTION 3: WHO WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT (Weighted 20%) Project Personnel
The following individuals and agencies will be responsible for implementing the Marysville Integrated Justice Response Initiative:
• Project Director (Marysville Police Department): The Chief of Police designee will serve as the executive Project Director, providing oversight and accountability for all grant activities, ensuring compliance with OVW requirements, in conjunction with the City Manager as the Authorized Representative. The Project Director will convene quarterly project partner meetings and review performance data.
• Dedicated Detective — DV/SA Specialist (Marysville Police Department): This grant-funded position (to be hired or designated upon award) will be responsible for all investigative activities described in Section 2, including case management, victim coordination, dual-arrest review, school programming, and community outreach. The detective will report directly to the Detective Sergeant and will be assigned exclusively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases.
• Detective Sergeant (Marysville Police Department): The supervising Detective Sergeant will provide day-to-day supervision of the dedicated detective, review case files, and ensure that investigative protocols are followed consistently.
• IT Coordinator (Marysville Police Department Vendor): MPD's designated IT coordinator, supplemented by the CAD/RMS vendor's implementation team, will manage all technical aspects of the system procurement, installation, configuration, integration, and training. • Yuba County Probation Department: The Probation Department will designate a liaison to participate in the CAD/RMS integration process and MDT meetings, and will share case management data with MPD through the new system for all mutual clients. • Yuba County District Attorney's Office: The DA's Office will work closely with the dedicated detective on case preparation, participate in MDT meetings, and provide training to MPD on prosecutorial best practices for domestic violence and sexual assault cases. • Yuba Superior Court: The Court will participate in MDT meetings and coordinate with MPD on protection order tracking and enforcement through the new CAD/RMS system. • Yuba County Victim Services: Victim Services staff will provide advocacy, safety planning, and support services to victims identified through MPD investigations. They will participate in MDT meetings and will receive referrals from the dedicated detective within 48 hours of incident report.
• Casa de Esperanza: As Marysville's primary Latino-serving domestic violence organization, Casa de Esperanza will provide culturally and linguistically specific advocacy and services for Spanish-speaking victims. They will participate in MDT meetings and will have a dedicated point of contact with the MIJRI detective.
• Yuba County Office of Education / Marysville Joint Unified School District: Education partners will coordinate the logistics of school-based dating violence prevention programming, provide access to classrooms and assemblies, and ensure that school counselors are trained in referral processes for students disclosing abuse.
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Coordination and Collaboration
The MIJRI is built on an existing foundation of inter-agency collaboration in Yuba County. MPD, Yuba County Probation, the DA's Office, Yuba Superior Court, Yuba County Victim Services, and Casa de Esperanza already participate in periodic coordination meetings and share mutual clients. The MIJRI will formalize and significantly deepen this collaboration through:
• A signed Memorandum of Understanding among all project partners documenting roles, responsibilities, data-sharing protocols, and victim service referral procedures. • Quarterly MDT meetings chaired by the dedicated detective, bringing together law enforcement, prosecution, probation, courts, and victim services to review high-risk cases and coordinate responses.
• Real-time data sharing through the new CAD/RMS platform, eliminating information silos and enabling all partners to access case-relevant information within their authorized scope. • Quarterly project partner meetings chaired by the Chief of Police to review performance data, address challenges, and ensure the project is meeting its goals.
This multi-agency collaborative model reflects the ICJR Program's vision of a coordinated community response in which law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation, and victim services work together to achieve safety and justice for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
BUDGET SUMMARY (Weighted 15%)
Total funding requested: $695,500 over 36 months. Costs are allocated across two primary components as described below. A minimum of $5,000 is set aside on the Travel line for OVW-required training and technical assistance participation.
Budget Category / Item Amount (36 months)
POLICING AND PROSECUTION INITIATIVE (Additional
$300,000)
Personnel — Dedicated DV/SA Detective (salary, 36 months) $240,000 Fringe Benefits (detective position, estimated 25%) $60,000 Policing & Prosecution Initiative Subtotal $300,000
CAD / RMS SYSTEM (Base Grant Funds)
Equipment / Technology — CAD/RMS Platform License &
Installation
$300,000
Equipment / Technology — Hardware (servers, workstations, dispatch terminals)
$45,000
Contractual — System Integration & Configuration (vendor) $30,000 Training — Initial officer/dispatcher/partner training on new system
$10,000
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Contractual — Annual Maintenance & Support (3-year
agreement)
$7,500
Travel — OVW required training and technical assistance $3,000 CAD/RMS Subtotal $395,500
TRAVEL (OVW Required Training & Technical Assistance)
Travel — OVW-required training (detective, project director, 3 years)
$2,000
Travel Subtotal $2,000
TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED $697,500
Note: Total funding requested reflects $300,000 through the Policing and Prosecution Initiative for the dedicated detective position plus $395,500 in base ICJR Program funding for the CAD/RMS technology investment, plus $2,000 in required travel. All costs are reasonable, necessary, and allocable to the project goals described in this narrative. The budget will be further detailed in the attached Budget Narrative using OVW's Sample Budget Narrative template.
PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS
Policing and Prosecution Initiative
This application expressly requests $300,000 in additional funding under the FY 2026 ICJR Policing and Prosecution Initiative to support the dedicated detective position. The detective will be responsible for investigating and where applicable supporting the prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases — directly advancing the Initiative's goal of dedicated law enforcement officer and prosecutor positions for these offenses.
Agency Funding Priorities
This project advances Agency Funding Priority 2: projects primarily dedicated to criminal justice responses including investigation, arrest, prosecution, and enforcement of protective orders, particularly in small towns and rural, remote, and Tribal communities. Marysville is a small city of approximately 12,700 residents in rural Yuba County, with limited resources and historically underserved criminal justice infrastructure. Both the technology modernization and dedicated detective components of this project are fundamentally dedicated to improving criminal justice investigation, prosecution, and protection order enforcement capabilities in this underserved small-city/rural context.