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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: Oct 24, 2005 Item No.: 3,� Department Approval: �A�rsa��r �4pprmwal: Agenda Section: �. �� Consent item Description: Approval #� Accept Department of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Funds BACKGROUND 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 �Ofi-517), is a unique U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed 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 supportthe purchase of an estimated 450,000 vests. The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administersthe BVP Program. The police department has participated in this program since 2002. In 2002, the department applied for funding to cover half the cost of vests purchased in 1999 through 2002 and received $7,588. In 2003, the department again applied for funding to cover half the cost of 2003 purchased vests and received $5,500. In February of 2005, the Roseville Police Department applied for the next round of funding through the Bulletproof Vest Partnership initiative to cover the cost of fourteen bulletproof vests purchased in 2004. The Department was notified in August of 2005 that it had been awarded $4,271 through the BVP initiative PROPOSED ACTION The police department is requesting that it be allowed to accept the $4,271 in BVP funding. These funds will cover half the cost of the 2004 purchase of fourteen bulletproof vests. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS There is no match of citv funds for monies allocated through the BVP initiative. Since the implementation of the program, the Department has received a total of $19,375.97 in BVP initiative funds. These funds, in conjunction with a$300 reimbursementthrough the Minnesota Department of Public Safetyfor each vest the department has purchased since 1999, have allowed approximately $33,000 to be credited to the city's general fund. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Allow the Roseville Police Department to accept the BVP funding, COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Allowthe Roseville Police Departmentto acceptthe BVP funding,