The Chief of Police for the Houston Police Department (HPD) recommends that City Council approve an ordinance authorizing an electronic application and acceptance of grant funds through the Office of the Governor Criminal Justice Division (CJD) for the FY2025 Houston Police Department's Parole / Domestic Violence Initiative Grant. The grant period becomes effective October 1, 2024, and ends on September 30, 2025. CJD will provide $74,200.00 in grant funding. No matching funds or in-kind contributions are required. This will be the city's 3rd award under this program.
The purpose of the FY2025 Houston Police Department's Parole / Domestic Violence Initiative Grant is to provide overtime funding for the Paroled Offenders Unit (POU) to keep pace with a growing backlog of cases to investigate and help other investigative divisions with their cases involving parolees. The POU Unit will work in complete collaboration with the State Parole Department.
The Houston Police Department also requests City Council 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 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.
Fiscal Note:
No Fiscal Note is required on grant items.
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Troy Finner
Chief of Police