Report Prepared by: Lance Eber, Crime Analyst, Police Department
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SUBJECT: Authorization to Accept $130,000 in Grant Funds from the California Office of Traffic Safety to Conduct DUI Checkpoints, DUI Saturation Patrols, Traffic Safety Enforcement, Distracted Driving Enforcement, Motorcycle Enforcement, Pedestrian/Bicycle Enforcement, Street Racing Enforcement, and Educational Presentations, Along with Funds for Attending Training and Funds for Checkpoint Supplies as Part of the California Office of Traffic Safety Traffic Enforcement Program Grant
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers accepting grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety offered to the Merced Police Department in the amount of $130,000 from the Traffic Enforcement Program Grant to conduct DUI Checkpoints, DUI Saturation Patrols, Traffic Safety Enforcement, Distracted Driving Enforcement, Motorcycle Enforcement, Pedestrian/Bicycle Enforcement, Street Racing and Sideshow Enforcement, Educational Presentations; and, to purchase checkpoint supplies, and to attend training related to alcohol enforcement.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Accepting the California Office of Traffic Safety Traffic Enforcement Program Grant in the amount of $130,000; and,
B. Approving the use of pooled cash until grant funds are reimbursed; and,
C. Authorizing the City Manager and required City Officials to execute the OTS Grant Award and other necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by Staff; or,
2. Deny; or,
3. Refer back to Staff for reconsideration of specific items.
AUTHORITY
Charter of the City of Merced, Section 200.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2024-25 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION
Background
The Merced Police Department (MPD) first received this same grant funding beginning in October 2007. This upcoming grant funding/award will be our seventeenth year that the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has offered us grant fundi...
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