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CONSENT CALENDAR
City of San Bernardino
Request for Council Action
Date: January 17, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Charles A. Montoya, City Manager
Darren L. Goodman, Chief of Police
Department: Police
Subject: Accept the FY 2022 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant (All Wards)
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, adopt Resolution No. 2024-020 authorizing:
1. The City Manager or designee to accept the FY 2022 Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhoods grant funding.
2. The Director of Finance and Management Services to amend FY 2023/24 Adopted Budget appropriating $200,000 in both revenue and expenditures.
Executive Summary
The Department was awarded $200,000 of Project Safe Neighborhoods Program Grant funding by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Department uses the grant funding to staff overtime shift dedicated to reducing violent crime in and foster safer neighborhoods. Staff requests that the City Manager be authorized to accept and administer the grant.
Background
The Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program is administered by the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), through the United States Attorney’s Office Central District of California (USAO-CDCA), with the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) being appointed as the fiscal agent. The PSN Grant is a competitive grant process. The Department was most recently awarded PSN Grant funds (PSN21 & PSN19) in fiscal year 2022-23 to pay officers overtime to conduct proactive extra patrols and respond to emergencies in the City. The Department submitted a subsequent grant proposal on April 24, 2023, to compete for FY 2022 PSN grant funding (PSN22). On June 30, 2023, the Department was notified it would receive an additional $200,000 in grant funding to support the 1 5
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proposed program.
Discussion
The PSN program is designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime. The program combines proactive law enforcement efforts with intervention and prevention specialists, in a multifaceted approach to address violent offenders and the underlying drivers of violent crime and gun violence. The grant funding has been authorized to be used by the Department to fund overtime for Focused Intelligence Rapid Enforcement Violent Crime Impact Teams. The grant has a term of up to one year, or until the funds have been expended.
The Department was most recently awarded PSN funds in FY 2022/23. With the use of these funds, the Department was able to deploy officers on an overtime basis to conduct data-driven proactive patrols throughout the city to combat violent crime and respond to emergency calls. In 2022, the Department recovered a record-breaking number of firearms, and a substantial portion of those firearms were recovered during these types of proactive patrols. PSN 21 & PSN 19 grant-funded efforts are ongoing and are expected to be exhausted by early 2024. These ongoing efforts have resulted in the completion of 117 operations, netting 553 arrests thus far (302 felonies, 200 misdemeanors, and 51 warrant arrests). Additionally, 175 firearms were recovered in conjunction with 3 pounds of heroin, 4.1 pounds of methamphetamine, and 4.3 pounds of fentanyl. Further, 24 search warrants have been served and 13 illegal net cafés have been shut down. Year to date, the City has experienced a 54% decrease in homicides and a 32% decrease in assaults with firearms. These ongoing PSN grant- funded efforts are believed to be a contributing factor in the noted decreases in violent crime.
2021-2025 Strategic Targets and Goals
The request to authorize the receipt, obligation, and expenditure of the FY 2022 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant aligns with Key Target No. 1c: Improved Operational & Financial Capacity - Implement, maintain, and update a fiscal accountability plan.
Fiscal Impact
There is no net fiscal impact to the General Fund with the acceptance of this grant, as there are no matching requirements. The FY 2023/24 Adopted Budget will be amended in both revenues and expenditures by $200,000.
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, adopt Resolution No. 2024-020 authorizing:
1. The City Manager or designee to accept the FY 2022 Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhoods grant funding.
2. The Director of Finance and Management Services to amend FY 2023/24 Adopted Budget appropriating $200,000 in both revenue and expenditures. 1 5
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Attachments
Attachment 1 Resolution 2024-020
Attachment 2 Award Agreement
Ward:
All Wards
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions:
Dec 7, 2022 Mayor and City Council adopted resolution No. 2022-243 authorizing the City Manager to accept the FY 2019 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant and the Director of Finance to amend the FY 2022/2023 adopted budget approving $177,154.51 in both revenue and expenditures.
Sept 21, 2022 Mayor and City Council adopted resolution No. 2022-192 authorizing the City Manager to accept the FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant and the Director of Finance to amend the FY 2022/2023 adopted budget approving $200,000 in both revenue and expenditures.
June 6, 2021 Mayor and City Council adopted resolution No. 2021-132 authorizing the City Manager to accept the FY 2020 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant and the Director of Finance to amend the FY 2020/21 adopted budget appropriating $174,496 in both revenue and expenditures.