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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2019-R0317 - US Department Of Justice - FY2019 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program - 09/10/2019 Resolution No. 2019-RO317 Item No. 6.25 September 10, 2019 RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock is hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock and the Lubbock Police Department, an acceptance of the FY2019 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Grant Program, by and between the City of Lubbock and the United States Department of Justice, and the Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of $187,914.00, of which $93,957.00 will be allocated to the Lubbock Police Department and $93,957.00 will be allocated to Lubbock County, Texas, pursuant to an interlocal agreement between the City of Lubbock and Lubbock, County, Texas, and related documents. Said Acceptance agreement is attached hereto and incorporated in this resolution as if frilly set forth herein and shall be included in the minutes of the City Council. Passed by the City Council on Septemhe,• 10, 2019 DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR ATTEST: Reb cca Garza, City Secre ry APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: \ r-1 � Jerry D. Bre r, Jr. hief of Police APPROVED AS TO F RM: John C , ace sist City Attorney .AcityattlCC OCSIRES.FY2019ByrneGrantAcceptance.doc Resolution No. 2019-RO317 "1-1--IE STATE OF TEXAS KNOW AI.,L BY THESE PRESENT COUNTY OF LUBBOCK INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS AND COUNTY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS FY2019 BYRNE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM AWARD This Agreement is made and entered into this —I Oth day of September , 2019, by and between the COUNTY of LUBBOCK, acting by and through its governing body, the Commissioners Court, hereinafter referred to as COUNTY, and the CITY of LUBBOCK, acting by and through its governing body, the City Council, hereinafter referred to as CITY, both of LUBBOCK County, State of TEXAS, witnesseth: WHEREAS, this Agreement is made under the authority of Chapter 791, TEXAS Government Code: and WHEREAS, each governing body, in performing governmental functions or in paying for the performance of governmental functions hereunder, shall make that performance or those payments from current revenues legally available to that party: and WHEREAS, each governing body finds that the performance of this Agreement is in the best interests of both parties, that the undertaking will benefit the public, and that the division of costs fairly compensates the performing party for the services or functions under this agreement: and WHEREAS, the CITY agrees to provide the COUNTY $93,957.00 from the JAG award for the FY2019 JAG LUBBOCK COUNTY JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE PROGRAM; and WHEREAS, the CITY and COUNTY believe it to be in their best interests to reallocate the JAG funds. NOW THEREFORE, the COUNTY and CITY agree as follow: Section 1. CITY agrees to pay COUNTY a total of$93,957.00 of JAG funds actually awarded to and received by the CITY. Section 2. COUNTY agrees to use 593,957.00 for the FY2019 JAG LUBBOCK COUNTY JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT INITATIVE Program until September 30, 2020. Section 3. Nothing in the performance of this Agreement shall impose any liability for clairns against COUNTY other than claims for which liability may be imposed by the TEXAS Tort Claims Act. Section 4. Nothing in the performance of this Agreement shall impose any Iiability for claims against CITY or the COUNTY other than claims for which liability may be unposed by the TEXAS Tort Claims Act. Section 5. Each party to this agreement will be responsible for its own actions in providing services under this agreement and shall not be liable for any civil liability that may arise from the furnishing of the services by the other party. Section 6. The parties to this Agreement do not intend for any third party to obtain a right by virtue of this Agreement. Section 7. By entering into this Agreement, the parties do not intend to create any obligations express or implied other than those set out herein; further, this Agreement shall not create any rights in any party not a signatory hereto. CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS DANIEL M. POPE, Mayor C IS PARRISI-I, County Judge ATTEST: ATTEST: 04c� RE CCA GARZA, City S cre ry ELLY PINION, ounty Clerk J APPROVED AS TO CONT T: APPROVED A TO'CONTENT: JERRY D. BR WL' ., Police hief KELLY/S. OWE, Sheriff APPROVED AS T F RM- APPROVED AS TO FORM: JOHN . Assis ant/City Attorney -I�FEII BLS=, Assistant District Attorney Civil Division Chief SAcityatt\Cll'YAT"I'UGHNILI'D-ComractsU3yme Grant\ Y 201915nterlocal Agrmnt-Lubb County-2019JAG Award.doc rr FY2019 JAG LUBBOCK COUNTY JOINT ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE Budget Detail Worksheet TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT: $187,914 City Of Lubbock Amount: 93,957 County Of Lubbock Amount: $ 93,957 City Of Lubbock $ 93,957 Lubbock Police Department—$93,957 1. Equipment: Taser Upgrade $80,000 2. Equipment/Training: Crime Scene/Forensics Unit $10,000 3. Equipment/Training: Mounted Police Unit $3,957 County Of Lubbock $ 93,957 Lubbock Sheriff's O ice—$ 65,770 1. Equipment: Cyber Crime & Crime Scene equipment $ 35,000 2. Training: Cyber Crime&Crime Scene Investigation Unit $ 30,770 Lubbock Criminal District Attorney's Office—$ 28,187 1. Equipment/Training: Crash Data Retrieval System $ 13,787 2. Equipment/Training: Digital Forensics Unit $ 4,400 3. Equipment: Mobile Infrastructure&Upgrade $ 5,000 4. Equipment: Digital Video Processing $ 5,000 training for the mounted unit in order to ensure the safety of the public,officers, and horses and ensure success of the public safety mission. - Mounted Police equipment and training $3,957 Lubbock County 1. Sheriffs Office Equipment and Training A. Cybercrime/Crime Scene Equipment and Training The Lubbock County Sheriff's Office(LSO)will purchase computer hardware, software and equipment to enhance their capabilities to investigate cybercrimes and to process crime scenes. With the advancement of technology,criminals are increasingly utilizing computers and the internet in their efforts. To keep up, it is paramount to law enforcement to have advanced knowledge, skills and equipment to counter the increasing sophistication of technology related crimes. By upgrading equipment in the crime scene unit we are able to more thoroughly document scenes for evidentiary and investigatory purposes. By upgrading the Cyber Crime and Crime Scene Division equipment and training, the LSO will continue to stay abreast with the rapidly evolving world of technology. These upgrades along with the training will ensure the LSO continues to have the most advanced means to investigate crimes. - Cybercrime and Crime Scene equipment $35,000 - Cybercrime and Crime Scene training $30,770 2. Criminal District Attorney's Office Equipment and Training A. Crash Data Retrieval System The Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office staffs a certified Crash Data Retrieval Technician/Analyst and a Crash Data Retrieval System(CDR). This technician is available to provide state and local law enforcement agencies with technical and analytical assistance investigating motor vehicle crashes. The CDR system has proven to be an invaluable tool for accident investigators and prosecutors. It provides an"unbiased witness"to the event,thereby supplementing the reconstruction process and providing crucial evidence at trial. The equipment and software are constantly being updated as newer vehicles are manufactured. As a result,the maintenance of our current CDR system comes at a considerable cost. The ability to purchase current software, hardware and tools will insure the future reliability and usefulness of the CDR system. Periodic training is also required to keep the technician/analyst certified and current with the system upgrades. Crash Data Retrieval equipment upgrade and training $13,787 B. Digital Forensics Unit The Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office operates a multi-media forensics lab. This unit will offer examination of crime related videos and audio files to all Lubbock County law enforcement agencies as well to agencies and prosecutors on the South Plains of Texas. Grant funds will be used to equip and maintain the components of this lab which include infrastructure, computers, monitors, software and training. - Digital Forensics equipment and training S 4,400 C. Maintain and Upgrade Mobile Infrastructure The Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office prides itself in being the most technologically advance prosecutor's office in the region. The Lubbock County CDA office utilizes an electronic filing system to receive cases from law enforcement agencies and tries cases using digital courtroom presentations. These presentations and the data used is mostly accessed by laptop computers and other mobile devices. As technology advances,the need to upgrade, maintain equipment and infrastructure is necessary. - Maintain and upgrade Mobile Infrastructure equipment $ 5,000 D. Digital Video Processing Perhaps the most pressing issue for the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office, and every D.A. Office in America, is the explosion of digital video. Each case now comes with in car video and the first responders in Lubbock County are now being equipped with body cameras. This will quickly double the amount of video files handled by this office. Combined with the dramatic increase in privately owned surveillance systems, digital video has become one of the most prevalent forms of evidence used in trial.Not only does this video have to be adapted for proper playing in court,many of these videos have to be edited or redacted before being allowed to be played in court. Editing and redacting are often ordered during trial, so having the proper equipment and software in place is a necessity for today's prosecutor offices. Also,coordinated efforts between the prosecutor and law enforcement in purchasing this equipment is must. This requires standard practices and requires the prosecutor to obtain certain equipment and software for the law enforcement agencies in the county. - Digital Video Processing equipment $ 5,000 2017 JAG is currently being utilized to purchase and replace approximately 40 model X26P Tasers with holsters and batteries. This also includes the related training items. The LPD would like to utilize most of the funds from the 2019 JAG in order to purchase and replace approximately an additional 40 model X26P Tasers with holsters, and batteries. The LPD continues to work towards its goals of expanding and enhancing their capabilities in cybercrime and crime scene investigations. Technology and technology related crimes are advancing at an exponential rate. Investigators must stay on top of the latest advancements through training and upgrading equipment and software in order to efficiently investigate these crimes. The LPD strives to continuously work towards its mission of promoting safety and security for the community of Lubbock by protecting life and property. One of the ways to accomplish this is through a properly equipped and trained Mounted Police Unit. The mounted unit can be particularly effective in fulfilling this mission during large crowd and riot situations. The LPD will use a portion of this grant to purchase crowd/riot control gear to outfit the mounted horses to provide them protection during these situations. The will also seek out training related to crowd/riot control situations. Mounted Police need continued training in order to enhance their skill set and meet the changing needs of the community particularly in crowd control situations. The training sought will address crowd control situations, defensive tactics on horseback, and horsemanship skills that best prepare the horse and rider to be deployed in the community. B. Lubbock Sheriff s Office (LSO) The LSO Investigation Division continues to expand its capabilities in cyber- crimes and crime scene investigations to keep up with the latest technology advances. Technology is advancing so fast that equipment, software and training for investigators must advance as well to keep up to the modern-day criminals already using technology to their advantage. C. Lubbock Criminal District Attorney (LCDA) The LCDA continues to upgrade its older mobile infrastructure, multi-media forensics lab, Crash Data Retrieval System and digital video processing capabilities along with necessary training in order to maintain the most technologically advanced prosecutor's office in the region. Project Design and Implementation: A. Lubbock Police Department 1. The LPD has been using less-lethal equipment for decades. The use of less-lethal equipment has saved countless lives during that time. The Taser, one less-lethal tool available to Lubbock Officers, has been used for over a decade. The Taser model currently in the process of being replaced by LPD has been phased out by the manufacturer. The original Taser issued by LPD was introduced by the manufacturer in 2003 and has been recently redesigned. The manufacturer of Taser, Axon, has indicated that Taser models that were being used by LPD have been discontinued and are no longer being supported for parts or repair purposes. The LPD recognized the importance of keeping Taser as a less-lethal option for officers so funding from this grant will be used to continue towards the goal of replacing the outdated Taser equipment. Allocation of Rinds from this grant will be prioritized to replace oldest Tasers first. It is not expected that grant fiends will be sufficient to replace all Tasers issued to LPD officers so alternate funding methods will be found when depletion of grant finds is completed. Stakeholders involved include county taxpayers, City government and Police. Grant funding for new Tasers was allocated with this grant after other Police equipment needs were fulfilled through State grant funding. • Performance Measures: 2. As the technology utilized to perpetrate and facilitate crimes continues to evolve so must the equipment and knowledge of law enforcement. The procurement of updated computer software and equipment would give law enforcement the ability to detect and obtain digital evidence for criminal investigations as this evidence continually becomes harder to uncover. As new technology is procured the training to properly employ this software and equipment also becomes essential. The goal of the project is to enhance the capabilities of the Cyber Crimes and Crime Scene Units so that the criminal cases presented to the Criminal District Attorney's Office lead to an increase in successful prosecutions, which in turn also provides a valuable service to our community. • Performance Measures: The cases presented to the Criminal District Attorney's Office which entailed evidence obtained through crime scene or cybercrime investigations would show improvement in the amount and strength of evidence submitted as well as reflect in the prosecution rates. 3. When it comes to professional Mounted Police training the opportunities are limited. The Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol will seek out the training opportunity that best serves the needs of the Unit which include improving the Units' horsemanship skills, defensive tactics while on horseback, and crowd control utilizing the horse as a tool to manage all types of crowds from calm gatherings to hostile/riot type scenarios. •Performance Measures: The Lubbock Police Department Mounted Unit will measure success by the number of certified horses and officers they are able to send to training. The success of the training and obtaining equipment is measured in more intangible forms like reducing the likelihood of injuries to officers, horses, and citizens, providing a higher level of service and overall reducing the liability to the City of Lubbock by having a professional trained Mounted Unit. The LPD Mounted Unit keeps records of all training and deployments each horse participates in and documents how the horse responds. These records are maintained in a database at the police department. B. Lubbock Sheriffs Office As cybercrimes continue to grow, becoming more advanced with increasing innovations in hardware and software technology, law enforcement must respond. The acquisition of modernized computer hardware, software and related equipment would enhance law enforcement competencies to secure digital evidence for successful investigations. With the continued advancement of hardware and software tools used by law enforcement there is a need for furthering the knowledge and skills of investigators through training so they may maintain certifications and gain proficiency with the equipment. The goal of the project is to enhance the capabilities of the Cyber Crimes and Crime Scene investigation divisions so that the cases investigated and presented to the Criminal District Attorney's Office, a stakeholder, lead to more successful prosecutions. • Performance measures: Cybercrime cases along with other cases presented to the Criminal District Attorney's Office would show improvement by way of using the latest technology available to investigators. C. Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office 1. The Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office staffs a certified Crash Data Retrieval Technician/Analyst and Crash Data Retrieval System (CDRS)to assist local and state law enforcement agencies investigate motor vehicle crashes. The CDRS has proven to be an invaluable tool for investigators by supplementing the reconstruction process and providing crucial evidence at trial. The equipment and software are constantly being to coordinate with local agencies as they obtain new video systems. Capabilities and Competencies: The LPD, LSO and LCDA not only coordinate their efforts to achieve a more proficient criminal justice system and process with each other, but do so with many Federal and State Agencies, educational institutions, regional law enforcement and community stakeholders as well. Plan for Collecting the Required Data: Performance measurement goals, objectives and deliverables will be collected through communication and coordination with all grantees.