City Council

(10) 22-0110 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the second application and supplemental grant award in connection with the 2021 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Grant Program. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the Chief, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), or his designee to: Retroactively apply for and accept the second supplemental grant award for the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program in the amount of $1,151,649 for the period of October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Negotiate and execute the grant award agreement, subject to City Attorney approval as to form. Negotiate and execute either new agreements or amend any agreements with affiliate Task Force agencies in collaboration to prevent, interdict, investigate, and prosecute internet crimes against children, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to: Spend up to the total grant amount of $1,151,649 in accordance with the grant award agreement. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and deposit grant receipts in the LAPD Grant Fund No. 339/70. Prepare Controller instructions for any technical adjustments as necessary to implement Mayor and Council intentions, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), and authorize the Controller to implement the instructions. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: Increase grant receivables and appropriate $1,151,649 to Appropriation Account No. 70V416, within Fund No. 339/70, for the receipt and disbursement of the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program grant funds. Increase appropriations by $210,000 for the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program as needed from Appropriation Account No. 70V416, within Fund No. 339/70, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amount as follows: Account No. 1090 Overtime General $30,000 Account No. 1092 Overtime Sworn $180,000 Increase appropriations by $18,498 for the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program as needed from Appropriation Account No. 70V416, within Fund No. 339/70, to Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, account name Related Costs. INSTRUCT the City Clerk to place on the Council Calendar on July 1, 2024, the following actions relative to the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program: Recommendations for City Council, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the Controller to: Transfer appropriations of $61,000 from Fund No. 339/70, Account No. 70V416, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts as follows: Account No. 1090 Overtime General $7,000 Account No. 1092 Overtime Sworn $ 54,000 Transfer appropriations of $5,450 for the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program as needed from Account No. 70V416, within Fund No. 339/70, to Fund No. 339/70, account number to be determined, account name Related Costs. Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the recommendations contained in the November 14, 2023 CAO report, attached to the Council File, will have no additional impact to the General Fund and will allow for the expenditure of the 2021 ICAC Task Force Program grant award totaling $1,151,649 from the DOJ. No matching funds are required for this grant. There is no impact to the General Fund as a result of these recommendations. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommendations contained in the November 14, 2023 CAO report, attached to the Council File, comply with the City’s Financial Policies in that, to the extent possible, current operations will be funded by current revenues.