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a. Support accepting FY 2023-2024 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant award of $600,000, contingent upon the County of Monterey providing a match for grant award; and
b. Support authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff-Coroner's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget 001-2300-SHE001-8242 by increasing appropriations by $1,981,091 financed by BJA Grant award of $349,800 and $1,631,291 in Unassigned Fund Balance (BSA 001 3101) or other funding as directed by the Budget Committee.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee:
a. Support accepting FY 2023-2024 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant award of $600,000, contingent upon the County of Monterey providing a match for grant award; and
b. Support authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff-Coroner's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget 001-2300-SHE001-8242 by increasing appropriations by $1,981,091 financed by BJA Grant award of $349,800 and $1,631,291 in Unassigned Fund Balance (BSA 001 3101) or other funding as directed by the Budget Committee.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
At this time the Monterey County Sheriff's Office does not utilize Body Worn Cameras (BWC) in its day-to-day operations. The Sheriff's Office is in the minority locally and across the nation of agencies who are not using this tool for increased evidentiary value and community transparency. With this in mind the Sheriff's Office established a goal to implement a BWC program across the entire organization to ensure every sworn would have an assigned camera as it is known BWCs increase transparency, help to build trust within the communities we serve, increase both officer and citizen safety, aid in the investigation and prosecution of crimes, and are a common tool across the law enforcement profession. To implement this goal the Sheriff's Office applied for and was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance in t...
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