1995-0311
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTHLARE, TEXAS, IN SUPPORT OF
THE 1995 CObtdUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
SERVICES (COPS) UNIVERSAL HIRING PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake concurs with President
Bill Clinton's efforts to make America's neighborhoods safe places in
which to grow, live, and work, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Justice has established a Universal Hiring
Program designed to assist communities in the development of innovative,
locally designed, long-term public safety plans, by making funding
available to support additional officers to serve the needs of the
communities, and
WHEREAS, the objectives of such public safety programs have been
identified as the need to prevent crime, promote interactive police -
citizen cooperative efforts in public safety problem -solving, and enhance
public safety, and
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake is a small, but rapidly growing community
with a need to provide a pro -active community based policing program
during its incipient development, and
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake agrees to provide the necessary equipment
and supplies to augment a community based policing program, and
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake agrees to conform to all of the
requirements of the Universal Hiring Program upon being awarded such
financial assistance with the intent and desire to continue the community
based program over the long term,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City of Southlake, that the City
Council of Southlake, Texas supports the Universal Hiring Program, and
authorizes the Southlake Department of Public Safety, Police Services
Division, to apply for grant funding to support a community based
policing program.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE .LL DAY OF , 1995.
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1995 FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM INFORMATION
The program provides decreasing rates over three (3) years with a maximum total payment
of $75,000 made to the City for each person hired.
The primary duties, in no specific order, include:
1. Develop and implement community based policing programs in Southlake.
2. Develop and implement programs directed towards youth and anti -gang projects
3. Coordinate the crime prevention program for Southlake, including:
a. Establishing Neighborhood Crime Watch groups
b. Coordinating residential and business crime prevention surveys
C. Coordinating residential and business safety and education programs
4. Serve as the Crime Victim Liaison between the victims and those local, state, federal
and private programs to assist as necessary.
Funding has been appropriated at the Federal level for the first round of hearing approvals
to be conducted on July 31, 1995.
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