DATE: October 23, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Police Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THE 2024 REGIONAL REALIGNMENT RESPONSE GROUP
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the extension of the agreement with the County of San Diego, in the amount of $65,000, for the 2024 Regional Realignment Response Group (R3G); approve the expenditure plan; appropriate these funds to the Police Department; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement and all other required documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In April 2011, California Legislature and Governor Brown passed Assembly Bill 109 (AB109) which resulted in fundamental changes to California’s correctional system, and transferred responsibility for lower-level offenders and parolees from the state to local jurisdictions. AB109 has several key components, the first allows for current non-violent, non-serious, and non-sex offenders, who after released from prison, to be supervised at the local county level. A second component to the bill diverts defendants convicted of less serious felony crimes such to serve their time in a local county jail rather than in state prison. Once released from custody, and back into our community, offenders are then required to report to county probation officers instead of reporting to state parole officers.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received funds from the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) to create the R3G to support CCP’s public safety goal. The multi-agency group will use the funds to develop and implement a targeted, proactive, intelligence-based approach to control and counteract the risks associated with realigned offenders released into San Diego County. The County’s Board of Supervisors approved and authorized the Sheriff’s Department to execute expenditure contracts to use the funds to reimburse all participating agencies for overtime expenses incurred in R3G activities.
In support of the R3G mission, law enforcement agencies will continue to provide enhanced enforcement by increasing patrol presence in areas where offenders are known to reside and frequent, and in jurisdictions where they have been released. The patrol presence will include fourth waiver searches, directed patrols, probation compliance checks, and coordinated multi-agency sweeps. The agreement was effective, with annual allocations, from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2023. The R3G project was extended from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025 per County funding. The FY 2024-25 is the second-year extension of the original Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County. The County shall have the option to renew this agreement for successive one-year increments beyond June 30, 2025, subject to available funding.
The Sheriff’s Department has received funding for the R3G, and will distribute the allocated funds to each participating party upon request. The Oceanside Police Department (OPD) has been allocated $65,000 for overtime activity. The OPD will use the funds for overtime details to support of the R3G mission and the primary goal of enhancing public safety. The OPD will complete reimbursement forms no later than the final business day of the subsequent month from the claimed month.
FISCAL IMPACT
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will reimburse the City of Oceanside for approved expenses up to $65,000. Staff is requesting an appropriation of $64,071 to the 2024 R3 Group account 822133924274.5120 for overtime and $929 to account 822133924274.5207 for fringe and $65,000 to the revenue account 822133924274.4376 where the reimbursements will be deposited. There are no matching requirements from the City.
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Expenditures |
Amount |
Account Number |
|
Overtime |
$64,071 |
822133924274.5120 |
|
Fringe Benefits |
$929 |
822133924274.5207 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$65,000 |
|
|
Revenue |
Amount |
Account Number |
|
Total Revenue |
$65,000 |
822133924274.4376 |
Should there be a negative cash balance at fiscal year-end due to a pending reimbursement from the grantor, the business unit will receive a temporary advance from the OPD General Fund that is not to exceed 60 days.
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
The Police and Fire Commission will be informed of this item during its regular scheduled meeting on November 21, 2024.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The City Attorney has reviewed the referenced documents and approved as to form.
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Prepared by: Whitney Fernandez, Management Analyst
Reviewed by: Kedrick Sadler, Chief of Police
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Staff Report
2. Resolution
3. Agreement