The Chief of Police for the Houston Police Department recommends City Council approve an ordinance allowing HPD to apply for and accept the FY 2018 Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program (CBCR) grant in the amount of $999,756 through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The project period for this grant is 36 months from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2021. There is no cash match or in-kind contribution required by the City.
HPD will utilize the grant award for the planning and implementation of the HPD Westside Division’s CBCR Initiative to combat violent crime, nuisance violations, and narcotics and human trafficking, in collaboration with community support from the Southwest Management District. The Southwest Management District will be responsible of insuring all statistical data, milestones and other deliverables are collected from the outreach groups and other entities under its charge. The grant will fund personnel overtime, travel costs to grant workshops, and sub-award agreements with research partners.
The Houston Police Department also requests City Council (1) to authorize the Chief of Police or his designee to act as the City’s representative in the application process with the authority to apply for, accept and expend the grant funds as awarded and apply for, accept and expend all subsequent awards, if any, to extend the budget period, and (2) to authorize the Mayor to execute all related agreements with the approval of the City Attorney in connection with the grant not to exceed five years.