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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 3, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. e_q <br />SUBJECT: COPSFAST Grant Awazd <br />DEPARTMENT: Sheriff PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ 1~~,~.>,' <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ Y <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />COPSFAST 4 Grant Project Ordinance <br />Estimated Cost Projections <br />Grant Awazd Announcement <br />4/97 COPS Application Form <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Major Don Truelove, extension 2900 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To accept a three yeaz grant from the US Department of Justice, Office of Community <br />Oriented Policing Services and establish six permanent full time Deputy Sheriff positions funded <br />from the grant. <br />BACKGROUND: The US Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing <br />Services (COPSFAST) provides funding for community oriented policing efforts in jurisdictions <br />with populations of less than 50,000. Currently, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has three <br />active grants totaling $675,000. These monies partially fund nine Deputy Sheriff I positions. With <br />these positions, the Department has been able to increase police presence and address crime issues <br />in communities and neighborhoods throughout the County. <br />In December, the Sheriff s Department received notification of a fourth COPSFAST grant awazd. <br />This new grant will fund six additional full-time Deputy positions. As with the previous awards, the <br />terms of the grant require Orange County to provide an overall match of approximately 25 percent <br />of the total three-year funding. The federal share of total salaries and benefits must decrease each <br />yeaz. In turn, the local shaze increases each yeaz leading to full local funding by the fourth year of <br />the life of the program. The attached Estimated Personnel Costs spreadsheet provides the federal <br />and County costs for each of the COPSFAST grants the department has received. <br />Current year matching funds for this most recent awazd aze included in the Sheriff's Department <br />1997-98 annual budget. For remaining years of the COPSFAST 4 grant, the department plans to <br />fund the required match through lapsed salary from vacancies which typically occur throughout the <br />year. <br />