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Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Police Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20230816-008) to accept and appropriate $408,981 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the City's forensic science violent crime and opioid reduction program.
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Austin Police Department.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $408,981 is available from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program. A City funding match is not required. A fiscal note is attached.
For More Information:
Jeff Greenwalt, Chief of Staff, Austin Police Department, (512) 974-5030.
Additional Backup Information:
The City Manager's office reviewed this grant for alignment as directed by Resolution No. 20200611-096 and recommends approval.
This ordinance will accept $408,981 in additional grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Police Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20230816-008) to appropriate $408,981 in grant funds for the three-year performance period (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026).
Federal Coverdell funding will enhance crime scene capability, expand firearms capacity, and anticipate and prepare for the next synthetic opioid threat. The project leverages emerging technologies in crime scene collection and interrogation. These include 3D scanners with geospatial technology that increase the speed, accuracy, reliability, and impact of crime scene data, and vacuum metal deposition (VMD) technology with chambers large enough to rapidly, automatically, and more thoroughly interrogate latent prints on large automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns recovered from ma...
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