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Support authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget (001-2300-SHE003-8273) by increasing appropriations $220,250 in the Sheriff's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget (001-2300-SHE003-8273), financed by Proposition 64 Grant revenues in the amount of $83,250 and Cannabis Assignment (BSA-001-3132) or funding as directed by the Budget Committee in the amount of $137,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee:
Support authorizing and directing the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget (001-2300-SHE003-8273) by increasing appropriations $220,250 in the Sheriff's FY 2023-24 Adopted Budget (001-2300-SHE003-8273), financed by Proposition 64 Grant revenues in the amount of $83,250 and Cannabis Assignment (BSA-001-3132) or funding as directed by the Budget Committee in the amount of $137,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Communities across the County of Monterey and the nation have found the utilization of security cameras strategically placed by law enforcement to be beneficial in impacting crime and aiding in the identification, location, and prosecution of offenders thus increasing safety in communities. In the County of Monterey security cameras are currently being used in King City, Greenfield, Soledad, and Salinas as well as others and have proven to aid in local criminal investigations. Security cameras also present themselves as a service multiplier and add cost savings to personnel expenses as they are active 24 hours a day and 365 days a year allowing law enforcement personnel to be elsewhere at the same time.
In order to provide increased safety to the residents of the County of Monterey the Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Health Department have agreed to have 25 cameras placed throughout the County of Monterey pursuant to the parameters of a Proposition 64 grant relating to cannabis enforcement and crime reduction. Additionall...
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