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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval: �lar+ I�ern Description BACKGROUND � Date: 11113106 Itern No.: 3.d Agenda Section: Consent Approval to A cc ept Department of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Funds The Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), created by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-181) and reauthorized by the BVP Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-517), is a unique 11.5. Department of Justice initiativedesigned to provide a critical resource to state and local law enforcement. Since 1999, over 11,500 jurisdictions have participated in the BVP Program, with $118 million in federal funds committed to support the purchase of an estimated 450,000 vests. The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administers the BVP Program. The police department has participated in this program since 2002. In 2006, the Roseville Police Department applied for the next round of funding through the Bulletproof Vest Partnership initiative to cover the cost bulletprapf vests purchased in 2005. The Department was notified in October of 2006 that it had been awarded $4.167 through the BVP initiative. PROPOSED ACTION The police department is requesting that it be allowed to accept the $4,167 in BVP funding. These funds will cover half the cost of the 2005 purchase of bulletproof vests. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS There is no match of city funds for monies allocated through the BVP initiative. Since the implementation of the program, the Department has received a total of $23,543 in BVP initiative funds. These funds, in conjunction with a$300 reimbursementthrough the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for each vest the department has purchased since 1999, have allowed approximately $38,000 to be credited to the city's general fund. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Allow the Roseville Police Department to accept the BVP funding COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Allow the Roseville Police Department to accept the BVP funding