Title
Dept/ Agency: Police
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Overtime initiatives to address violent crime
Entity Name: Newark Police Department
Entity Address: 480 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108
Grant Amount: $75,440.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice
Total Project Cost: $75,440.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: October 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is beset by incidents of violent crime throughout various parts of the city and would benefit from assistance provided through the Edward Byrne Discretionary Grant - Targeting Violent Crime Initiative Program by utilizing the funding for overtime crime initiatives; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2012, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of Police submitted an application to the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, requesting grant funding in the amount of $75,440.00, from the Edward Byrne Discretionary Grant - Targeting Violent Crime Initiative Grant Program to be used to fund police overtime initiatives to address violent crime in the wards of the City suffering the most violence with no City funds required; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this application, the City of Newark has been awarded a grant in the amount of $75,440.00, from the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice for Edward Byrne Discretionary Grant - Targeting Violent Crime Initiative Grant Program, for the period commencing on October 1, 20...
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