DATE: December 17, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Police Department
TITLE: ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS FOR THE COPS 2024 GRANT PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council accept and appropriate $268,886 in grant funds from the State of California Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Subaccount (ELEAS) awarded to the City for the Citizen's Option for Public Safety (COPS) 2024 Grant Program; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all grant documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City has received COPS Grant funds from the State of California since the inception of the Program in Fiscal Year 1996-97. The City has also established an interest-bearing State Supplement Law Enforcement Services Funds (SLESF) account, as required by statute. In previous years, the COPS grants have been used to fund personnel costs and equipment, consistent with the guidelines set forth in California Government Code Sections 30061.
The City received $264,816 in initial grant funding from the State of California COPS 2024 Grant Program. The City Council approved accepting and appropriation of those funds at its April 23, 2025 meeting. In October 2025, the City received an additional allotment of $268,886. Staff recommends that the City Council approve and accept the additional funding for the COPS 2024 Grant Program and use the funds as recommended below.
Programs to be funded with the additional funds are as follows:
* Pistols Replacement Project - $72,000 - This project will replace or update aging inventory that is not compatible with current optical systems, in order to maintain fire arm consistency and safety.
* Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Remapping - $18,000 - To improve incident response, this system converts data into visual maps by utilizing raw data and transforming it into a functional GIS map. The vendor will provide professional services to update GIS dataset...
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