Subject:
Title
Permission to Advertise Public Hearing to consider application for the 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance.
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Fiscal Impact:
Dept/Office:
Brevard County Sheriff's Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners grant permission to participate in and accept the 2020 FDLE Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant - Countywide Solicitation; designate the Brevard County Sheriff's Office as the Point of Contact and authorize the County Manager to execute the necessary documents and execute necessary Budget Change Requests
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Summary Explanation and Background:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) recently notified Brevard County of its intent to open the FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Brevard County is slated to receive $145,587. Units of local government applying for this grant must use funding for law enforcement programs.
For the last 18 years, this funding has been used for the Sheriff's Office Prisoner Transportation program. The Prisoner Transportation program provides coordinated transportation of arrestees to the county jail from the field by Brevard's Law Enforcement agencies. The program allows law enforcement agencies who find it difficult to transport arrestees to the County Jail Complex the ability to have arrestees picked up by the Sheriff's Office. This results in law enforcement officers being able to return to patrol functions more quickly and creates a safer community. Over a three-year period, this program has transported over 17,000 arrestees and saved over 19,000 law enforcement patrol hours. In the previous year, the Sheriff's Office received an award of $149,196 in grant funding from FDLE for this program.
As a condition of the grant, the County and the Cities must come to a consensus on how the funds are to be used and provide a letter of support for that use. The Sheriff's Office has coordinated the suppor...
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