City Council

(13) 22-1481 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies grant award for the Using BWC Footage for Training and Constitutional Policing Demonstration Project (FY22 BWC Training Project). Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), or designee, to: Retroactively apply for and accept the FY22 BWC Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies Grant – FY22 BWC Training Project in the amount of $1,000,000 from the United States Department of Justice for the period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Negotiate and execute the grant agreement for the period of October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022, subject to the review of the City Attorney as to form. Negotiate and execute a new contract or amend existing agreements with a vendor to retrofit classrooms in the LAPD Ahmanson Recruit Training Center, not to exceed $190,420 for the performance period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Negotiate and execute a new contract or amend an existing contract with a vendor to upgrade the Video, Online Learning, and Training Technology Unit Studio, not to exceed $50,000 for the performance period of October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, subject to the review of the City Attorney as to form. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to: Expend up to the total grant amount of $1,000,000 in accordance with the grant award agreement. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and deposit grant receipts in the LAPD Grant Trust Fund No. 339/70. Prepare Controller’s instructions for any technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO); and, AUTHORIZE the Controller to implement the instructions. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: Establish a grant receivable and appropriate $1,000,000 to appropriation account, account number to be determined, within Fund No. 339/70, for the receipt and disbursement of FY 2022 BWC Training Project grant funds. Increase appropriations as needed for the FY22 BWC Training Project grant from Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account number and amounts as follows: Account No. 001090; Overtime General; $ 29,074 Account No. 001092; Sworn Overtime; $238,873 Transfer appropriations within Fund No. 339/70, account numbers to be determined, for fringe benefits and related costs, upon submission of proper documentation by LAPD, subject to the approval of the CAO, for related costs incurred during the grant performance period. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to place the following action relative to the FY22 BWC Training Project grant on the City Council agenda on July 1, 2023 or the first meeting day thereafter: Authorize the Controller to transfer from Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as follows: Account No. 001090; Overtime General; $ 19,383 Account No. 001092; Sworn Overtime; $185,571 INSTRUCT the City Clerk to place the following action relative to the FY22 BWC Training Project grant on the City Council agenda on July 1, 2024 or the first meeting day thereafter: Authorize the Controller to transfer from Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as follows: Account No. 001090; Overtime General; $ 19,383 Account No. 001092; Sworn Overtime; $185,571 Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the recommendations within this report will provide for the expenditure of $1,000,000 in the FY22 BWC Training Project grant funds in accordance with the grant guidelines and award. There is no impact on the General Fund. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations provided in this report comply with the City’s Financial Policies in that one-time grant funding will be utilized for one-time expenditures.