HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2024-R0318 - State Of TX Office Of The Gov.'S Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Prog FY2025 - 07/09/2024Resolution No. 2024-R0318
Item No. 6.21
July 9, 2024
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock finds it to be in the best interest of the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock ("City") to participate and
pursue funding through the State of Texas, Office of the Governor's Bullet-Resistant Shield
Grant Program for FY2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock agrees that in the event of loss or
misuse of the Office of the Governor funds, the City assures that the funds will be returned to
the Office of the Governor in full; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock designates W. Jarrett Atkinson, City
Manager, as the City's authorized official. The authorized official is given the power to
apply for, accept, reject, alter or terminate the grant on behalf of the applicant agency; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT that the City Council of the City of Lubbock hereby approves the submission of the
grant application for the Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Program for FY2025 to the Office of
the Governor, and all related documents. Said Application is attached hereto and incorporated
in this resolution as if fully set forth herein and shall be included in the minutes of the City
Council; and
THAT the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of
Lubbock in order to expedite the performance of city business, to delegate authority to
execute any necessary or related documents associated with this grant to the City Manager for
the City of Lubbock.
Passed by the City Council on July 9, 2024
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Resolution No. 2024-R0318
Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Program, FY2025 � eGrants
Name:
Bu I let- Resista nt Sh ield
Grant Program, FY2025
Purpose:
Available
12/11/2023
02/08/2024
Due Date
The purpose of this announcement is to solicit applications from law enforcement agencies to
equip peace officers with bullet-resistant shields.
Available Funding:
State funds for these projects are authorized by a Budget Execution Order proposed by the
Legislative Budget Board and ratified by Governor Abbott on June 28, 2022, pursuant to Texas
Government Code, Section 317.002 and Section 317.005(b). All awards are subject to the
availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be
imposed by law. The Public Safety Office (PSO) expects to make $4M for FY2025.
Eligible Organizations:
Applications may be submitted by independent school districts, institutions of higher education,
units of local government, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other educational
institutions that operate law enforcement agencies employing peace officers under Article 2.12,
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
All applications submitted by local law enforcement agencies/offices must be submitted by a unit
of government affiliated with the agency, including an authorizing resolution from that unit of
government. For example, police departments must apply under their municipal government, and
community supervision and corrections departments, district attorneys, and judicial districts must
apply through their affiliated county government (or one of the counties, in the case of agencies
that serve more than one county).
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Application Process:
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Applicants must access the PSO's eGrants grant management website at
https://eGrants.gov. ex s. ov to register and apply for funding.
Key Dates:
Action Date
Funding Anouncemtent Release 12/11/2023
Online System Opening Date 12/11/2023
Final Date to Submit and Certify an 02/08/2024 at S:OOPM CST
Application
Earliest Project Start Date 09/01/2024
Project Period:
Projects must begin on or after 09/01/2024 and may not exceed a 12-month project period.
Funding Levels
Minimum: None
Maximum: None
Match Requirement: None
Standards
Grantees must comply with standards applicable to this fund source cited in the Texas
Grant Management Standards Tx�_ _ GMS), Federal Uniform Grant Guidance, and all statutes,
requirements, and guidelines applicable to this funding.
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Eligible Activities and Costs
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Funds may only be used for obtaining bullet-resistant shields compliant with the National Institute
of Justice (NU) Level III, III+, or IV.
Applicants are encouraged to consider the reasonable cost of their request. PSO will evaluate
applications based on the number of frontline peace officers and the average cost per shield.
Program-Specific Requirements
Eligible officers. Grant funds may only be used to equip peace officers (as defined by Article 2.12,
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure) directly employed by a law enforcement agency operated by
the applicant.
Active Shooter Policy. All eligible organizations that apply for grant funds will ensure its law
enforcement agency adopts a Critical Incidents In-Progress (Active Shooter) policy implementing,
at a minimum, protocols for assessing an active threat or violent encounter and immediately
responding in order to stop the killing, stop the dying, and provide rapid casualty evacuation. The
policy should include procedures that address:
• Concepts and Principles
• Community/First Responder Agency Notifications
• Mutual Aid Implementation
• Solo Officer Deployment
• Officer Team Deployment
� Follow-On Responders (Rescue Task Force)
• Incident Command - Unified Command Considerations
• Incident Debriefing
• Training
ALERRT Training. All officers provided with a grant-funded ballistic shield must have either
attended 16 hours of ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) training
within the last 24 months or commit to attend within the next 24 months. ALERRT's upcoming
course schedule can be found here: https://alerrt.orgLpcoming.
Note: Funding is available through the Public Safety Office to offset travel expenditures
associated with attending ALERRT Training. Please refer to the ALERRT Travel Assistance Funding
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����@���ation on how to apply for these funds.
1. Local units of governments must comply with the Cybersecurity Training requirements
described in Section 772.012 and Section 2054.5191 of the Texas Government Code. Local
governments determined to not be in compliance with the cybersecurity requirements required by
Section 2054.5191 of the Texas Government Code are ineligible for OOG grant funds until the
second anniversary of the date the local government is determined ineligible. Government entities
must annually certify their compliance with the training requirements using the �bersecurity
Training Certification for State and Local Governments. A copy of the Training Certification must
be uploaded to your eGrants application. For more information or to access available training
programs, visit the Texas Department of Information Resources Statewide Cvbersecuritv
Awareness Training_page.
2. Entities receiving funds from PSO must be located in a county that has an average of 90% or
above on both adult and juvenile dispositions entered into the computerized criminal history
database maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) as directed in the Texas Code
of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 66. The disposition completeness percentage is defined as the
percentage of arrest charges a county reports to DPS for which a disposition has been
subsequently reported and entered into the computerized criminal history system.
Counties applying for grant awards from the Office of the Governor must commit that the county
will report at least 90% of convictions within five business days to the Criminal Justice Information
System at the Department of Public Safety.
3. Eligible applicants operating a law enforcement agency must be current on reporting complete
UCR data and the Texas specific reporting mandated by 411.042 TGC, to the Texas Department of
Public Safety (DPS) for inclusion in the annual Crime in Texas (CI� publication. To be considered
eligible for funding, applicants must have submitted a full twelve months of accurate data to DPS
for the most recent calendar year by the deadline(s) established by DPS. Due to the importance of
timely reporting, applicants are required to submit complete and accurate UCR data, as well as the
Texas-mandated reporting, on a no less than monthly basis and respond promptly to requests
from DPS related to the data submitted.
4. Local units of government, including cities, counties and other general purpose political
subdivisions, as appropriate, and institutions of higher education that operate a law enforcement
agency, must comply with all aspects of the programs and procedures utilized by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") to: (1) notify DHS of all information requested by DHS
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related to illegal aliens in Agency's custody; and (2) detain such illegal aliens in accordance with
requests by DHS. Additionally, counties and municipalities may NOT have in effect, purport to
have in effect, or make themselves subject to or bound by, any law, rule, policy, or practice
(written or unwritten) that would: (1) require or authorize the public disclosure of federal law
enforcement information in order to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection fugitives from
justice or aliens illegally in the United States; or (2) impede federal officers from exercising
authority under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a), § 1226(c), § 1231(a), § 1357(a), § 1366(1), or § 1366(3). Lastly,
eligible applicants must comply with all provisions, policies, and penalties found in Chapter 752,
Subchapter C of the Texas Government Code.
Each local unit of government, and institution of higher education that operates a law
enforcement agency, must download, complete and then upload into eGrants the CEO Law
Enforcement Certifications and Assurances Form certifying compliance with federal and state
immigration enforcement requirements. This Form is required for each application submitted to
OOG and is active until August 31, 2025 or the end of the grant period, whichever is later.
5. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 420.034, any facility or entity that collects
evidence for sexual assault or other sex offenses or investigates or prosecutes a sexual assault or
other sex offense for which evidence has been collected, must participate in the statewide
electronic tracking system developed and implemented by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Visit DPS's Sexual Assault Evidence Tracking Program website for more information or to set up an
account to begin participating. Additionally, per Section 420.042 "A law enforcement agency that
receives evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense...shall submit that evidence to a public
accredited crime laboratory for analysis no later than the 30th day after the date on which that
evidence was received." A law enforcement agency in possession of a significant number of Sexual
Assault Evidence Kits (SAEI� where the 30-day window has passed may be considered
noncompliant.
6. Eligible applicants must be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM)
database and have an UEI (Unique Entity ID) number assigned to its agency (to get registered in
the SAM database and request an UEI number, go to htt s: sam.go�_
Failure to comply with program eligibility requirements may cause funds to be withheld and/or
suspension or termination of grant funds.
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Prohibitions
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Grant funds may not be used to support the unallowable costs listed in the Guide to Grants or
any of the following unallowable costs:
1. Any costs ancillary to the purchase of eligible ballistic shields, such as policy development,
training costs, and staff; and
2. Any other prohibition imposed by federal, state or local law or regulation.
Selection Process
Application Screening: The OfFice of the Governor will screen all applications to ensure that they
meet the requirements included in the funding announcement.
PeeNMerit Review: The Office of the Governor will review applications to understand the overall
demand for the program and for significant variations in costs per item. After this review, the
Office of the Governor will determine if all eligible applications can be funded based on funds
available, if there are cost-effectiveness benefits to normalizing or setting limits on the range of
costs, and if other fair-share cuts may allow for broader distribution and a higher number of
projects while still remaining effective.
Final Decisions: The Office of the Governor will consider these factors and make all final funding
decisions. Other factors may include cost effectiveness, overall funds availability, or state
government priorities and strategies, legislative directives, need, geographic distribution, or other
relevant factors.
The Office of the Governor may not fund all applications or may only award part of the amount
requested. In the event that funding requests exceed available funds, the Office of the Governor
may revise projects to address a more limited focus.
Contact Information
For more information, contact the eGrants help desk at eGrants gov exas gov or (512) 463-1919.
Total Funds
$4 Million
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