| Item Title: | DA- Border Prosecution Unit FY19 Supplemental Award |
| Submitted By: | Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, District Attorney's Office (915) 546-2059 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to accept the Governor’s Office supplemental award in E-Grants for the FY19 Border Prosecution Unit Grant #2283709, which ends August 31, 2019, in the total amount of $64,300. (Contract No. 2019-0719) |
| Background: | The grant was put in place by the Governor’s Office. It includes a network of 17 state prosecutors with jurisdictions along the Texas/Mexico border (encompassing 48 border counties) and 4 district attorney offices with prosecutors dedicated to the Texas- Anti-Gang (TAG) Centers in El Paso, Bexar, Harris and Dallas who work in close partnership with DPS and local law enforcement agencies to coordinate their investigatory and prosecutorial response to criminal enterprises threatening security in the border regions of Texas. Collectively, border prosecutors concentrate on cases involving violent criminal street gangs, drug traffickers, money laundering operations, car theft rings, illegal weapons transactions, and human trafficking operations. The Legislature committed additional resources to District Attorney Offices to supplement local law-enforcement efforts combating border crime. Increased efforts in law enforcement result in increased caseloads for local prosecution offices in border counties- hence the Border Prosecution Unit. |
| Fiscal Impact: | Fiscal Impact: The Border Prosecution Unit grant is fully funded.
Account will be set up at the time the acceptance of the grant award is approved by Commissioners Court. |
| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to accept the Governor’s Office supplemental award in E-Grants for the FY19 Border Prosecution Unit Grant #2283709, which ends August 31, 2019, in the total amount of $64,300. (Contract No. 2019-0719) |
| Prior Action: | BPU FY19 Request to Apply for Supplemental Grant was approved by Commissioners Court on 8/19/2019 item 4-B.
BPU Grant Award for FY19 Approved by Commissioners Court 10/30/2018 item #8; Grant Award $1,090,000 with $0 cash match; contract # 2018-0769
BPU Grant Application (request to apply) for FY19 Approved by Commissioners Court on 1/22/2018 item #19; contract# 2018-0193.
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