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Subject: 2014 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant
From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator, Or Designee, On Behalf Of The City Of Oakland To (1) Accept And Appropriate Grant Funds In An Amount Not To Exceed One Million Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,875,000) From The U.S. Department Of Justice, Office Of Community Oriented Policing Services (USDOJ/COPS) To Fund The Entry-Level Salary And Fringe Benefits Costs Of Fifteen (15) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Police Officers Positions For A Thirty-Six Month Period From September 1, 2014 Through August 31, 2017; (2) Appropriate Said Funds To The Oakland Police Department (OPD); (3) Authorize An Appropriation Of Eight Million Seven Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Four Dollars ($8,774,944) From The Undesignated General Purpose Fund To OPD's Baseline Budget To Cover The Local Cash Match Requirement And Central Services Overhead Cost