Item Title: | SO - FY22 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Body Armor/Grant Application (2022-0454) | Submitted By: | Sheriff Richard D. Wiles, El Paso County Sheriff's Office (915) 546-2217 | Subject: | Approve and authorize the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and Constables to apply for the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY22 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program grant, in the amount of $37,247.98, from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. County match funding in the amount of $18,623.99 is required and available in GF-SOLAW-CLOTHING and GF-GADM-XFER-OUT-GRANT-MATCH. (Contract No. 2022-0454) | Background: | The Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, is a unique U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed to provide a critical resource to state and local law enforcement. The BJA BVP grant is to purchase bullet proof vests for law enforcement with a one-to-one match requirement. | Fiscal Impact: | Requested amount: $37,247.98
County match amount: $18,623.99
Match funding amount $17,625.00 available in:
GF-SOLAW-CLOTHING
COGF-1000-0000000-431-30-30100-0432-00000-600317-
Match funding amount of $998.99 available in:
GF-GADM-XFER-OUT-GRANT-MATCH
COGF-1000-0000000-433-10-10000-0001-MATCH-80012- | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the El Paso County Sheriff's Office and Constables to apply for the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY22 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program grant, in the amount of $37,247.98, from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023. County match funding in the amount of $18,623.99 is required and available in GF-SOLAW-CLOTHING and GF-GADM-XFER-OUT-GRANT-MATCH. (Contract No. 2022-0454) | Prior Action: | Commissioner's Court approved the FY21 Patrick Leahy BVP grant award in the amount of $8447.42 on 2/28/2022. Item #AC. (Contract No. 2022-0121). | Strategic Plan: | .. | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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