STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE 2022 BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CENTER INTEGRATION INITIATIVE (CGIC) GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $700,000, AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ANNUAL BUDGET The City of Stockton is eligible to receive $700,000 in discretionary funding from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative (CGIC); and The purpose of this program is to support a local jurisdiction's capability to work with their Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) partners to utilize intelligence, technology, and community engagement to swiftly identify unlawfully used firearms and their sources and effectively prosecute perpetrators engaged in violent crime. Awardees will work with ATF to integrate CGIC business practices that include interagency collaboration focused on the immediate collection, management, and analysis of crime gun evidence to identify criminal shooters, disrupt illegal activity, and prevent future violence; and The CGIC grant funding opportunity will include developing an MOU with ATF to expand the collaborative work and leverage investigative, arrest, and prosecution capacity of gun-related violent crime; and The Stockton Police Department (SPD) proposes to use project funds to combat violent gun-related crimes as well as strengthen the efforts of the crime evidence team in capturing pertinent data regarding guns used in violence within the City. The Program will be coordinated by the SPD Investigations division as they work alongside their ATF partners, crime evidence team, the newly funded Firearms Examiner and a Deputy District Attorney for the identification and prosecution of perpetrators engaged in gun-related violent crimes; and In May 2022, the Stockton Police Department (SPD) submitted an application for the competitive grant and was notified on September 28, 2022, of its acceptance and approval for $700,000 grant award funds; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to accept the grant award in the amount of $700,000 for the period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2025, and make all necessary appropriations in compliance with and for the purposes stated in the grant application.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute and submit all documents, including, without limitation, agreements, amendments with the granting agency, and payment requests in compliance with BJA CGIC Integration Initiative requirements.
The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Budget is amended to appropriate $700,000 in revenues and expenditures for the Police Grants and Special Programs accounts as needed to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.
Grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant ongoing law enforcement expenditures.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED November 15, 2022 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton
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