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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date:February 8, 2021 <br />Item No.:9.f <br />Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval <br />Item Description:Receive Authorization to Accept Grant Funding from Ramsey County <br />Emergency Management & Homeland Security for a Mobile Camera Trailer <br />1 B ACKGROUND <br />2 The Roseville Police Departmenthas requested grant funding and received anaward in the amount <br />3 of $39,400 from Ramsey County Emergency Management & Homeland Security throughthe 2020 <br />4 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program. Please see Attachment A for the grant <br />5 agreement. <br />6 Grant funds awarded to the Citywill go toward procuring a mobile camera trailer.The camera trailer <br />7 will be highly beneficial to the police department, residentsand those who visit the City of <br />8 Roseville. The Roseville Police Department has borrowed similar camera trailers from nearby <br />9 jurisdictions and found success in the areas of deterrence and investigations.The Department <br />10 intends to lend its camera trailer to local area law enforcement agencies as well. <br />11 The mobile camera trailer is of similarlook and functionality as the trailers seen at metro-area park <br />12 andrides, parking lots,and large scale events. The trailer’s presence is overt and clearly marked <br />13 with “police” insignia. It will be equipped with flashing red and blue lights along with atelescoping <br />14 pole thathouses the camera system. The mere presence of the camera trailer willincrease safety, <br />15 deterring crimes such astheft of vehicles, theft from automobiles, disorderly behavior and targeted <br />16 attacks. The mobile camera traileralsohas the ability to record and live stream. This will help the <br />17 police department solve crimes and will alleviate the need for officers to be physically present. <br />18 As with past UASI grantapplications, the Roseville Police Departmentseeks to fund innovative <br />19 equipmentoutside the reaches of its annual operating budget. <br />20 P OLICY O BJECTIVE <br />21 Allow the Roseville Police Department to accept the $39,400 in grant fundsto be used as requested. <br />22 B UDGET I MPLICATIONS <br />23 There is no matchof fundingrequired by this grant, however, there is a minimal monthly expense <br />24 for its wireless internet service. <br />Page 1of 2 <br /> <br />