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A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the acceptance and execution of grant funds in the amount of $400,000 allocated to the Coral Gables Police Department from the 2021 BJA FY 21 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies; and authorizing an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Annual Budget to recognize the $400,000 in grant funds as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the grant expenditures.
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The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded the City of Coral Gables Police Department a BJA FY 21 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies grant in the amount of $400,000 to establish a comprehensive body-worn camera (BWC) program within its agency. The City received notification that grant application 13420777 was successfully reviewed and approved by the BJA on December 17, 2021.
Award number 15PBJA-21-GG-04446-BWCX grants the City of Coral Gables Police Department this total of $400,000 over a three-year period. In conjunction with matching dollars provided by the City, these monies will fund the purchase of BWCs as part of the creation and implementation of a new BWC program that will assist with the agency’s problem-solving and community-engagement strategies, as well as help to increase both trust and communication between our Police force and the community they serve.
An amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Annual Budget is required to recognize the $400,000 grant funds as revenue and to appropriate such funds to cover the cost of the grant expenditures.