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ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER THREE YEARS FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES TO BE USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE FOUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-2021-17, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE SPECIAL GRANT FUND BALANCE AND THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO BE USED AS MATCHING FUNDS AS REQUIRED BY THE GRANT.
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BACKGROUND: On June 29, 2020, the City of Norman was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Justice/Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) for the purpose of hiring four School Resource Officers. These funds are awarded on a competitive basis and are provided directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or re-hire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
Awards under this grant cover up to 75% of the approved entry-level salary and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or re-hired full-time sworn career law enforcement officer over a three-year award period - with a minimum local cash match requirement of 25% and maximum federal share of $125,000 per officer. Grant recipients are required to retain each officer position awarded for at least 12 months following the conclusion of the three-year award. Absorbing funded officers through attrition does not meet the retention requirement. Funding can be used to:
* Hire new officers, which includes filling existing officer vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency's budget. The positions must be in addition to the currently budgeted level of sworn officer positions and the officers must be hired on or after the official award start date as listed in the award document.
* Re-hire officers laid off as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs budget reductions (with documentation showing the dates of lay-offs and re-hires)
* Re-hire officers scheduled t...
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