14-10998r RESOLUTION NO. 10998
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GRANT WITH THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND
RICHFIELD POLICE FOR BULLETPROOF VESTS.
WHEREAS, since 1999, the BVP (Bulletproof Vest Partnership) program has
reimbursed more than 13,000 jurisdictions a total of$375 million in federal funds for the
purchase of over one million vests. Based on data collected and recorded by BJA staff,
in FY 2012, protective vests were directly attributable to saving the lives of at least 33
law enforcement and corrections officers in 20 different states; an increase of 13.7%
over FY 2011. At least 14 of those life-saving vests had been purchased, in part, with
BVP funds; and,
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice is committed to improving officer
safety and has undertaken research to review and analyze violent encounters and law
enforcement officer deaths and injuries; and,
WHEREAS, the Richfield Department of Public Safety has been informed that a
grant has been awarded to the department by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Justice Programs, under their Bulletproof Vest Partnership program, for $$4,586.10 for
the purchase of ballistic vests; and,
WHEREAS, the BVP grant is under the Fiscal Year 2014 BVP awards, allowing
purchases beginning on or after April, 2014, until August 31, 2016, or until all available
2014 award funds have been requested.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota, that the Public Safety Department and the Director of Public
Safety will enter into an agreement to receive grant money for the Public Safety's
bulletproof vest expenditures as outlined in the agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 10 day of
November, 2014.
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Debbie Goettel, Mayor
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Nancy Gi , City Clerk