City Council

(15) 26-1011 PUBLIC SAFETY and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to a grant award from the 2025 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies (2025-Safer Outcomes – LE) Grant Program. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: 1. AUTHORIZE the Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), or designee, to: a. Retroactively apply for and accept the grant award from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), for the 2025 Safer Outcomes – LE Grant Program, in the amount of $500,000 from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. b. Negotiate and execute the grant award agreement, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form. c. Negotiate and execute a contract with a vendor to provide a Virtual Reality System with specific scenarios, in an amount not to exceed $200,062, within the grant performance period, subject to review and approval of the City Attorney as to form. 2. AUTHORIZE the LAPD to: a. Spend up to $500,000 in funding in accordance with the grant award agreement. b. Submit grant reimbursement requests to the grantor and deposit the grant receipts into Fund No. 339/70. c. 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. 3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to: a. Establish a grant receivable and appropriate up to $500,000 to an appropriation account to be determined (TBD), within Fund No. 339/70, for the receipt and disbursement of the 2025 Safer Outcomes - LE Grant funds; b. Increase appropriations and transfer funds, as needed, from the 2025 Safer Outcomes - LE Grant Fund No. 339/70, appropriation account number TBD, to Fund No. 100/70, account numbers and amounts, as follows: Account No. 0010192, Overtime Sworn; Amount: $265,104 Account No. TBD, Related Costs; Amount: $23,832 Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that approval of the recommended actions will allow for the expenditure of the 2025 Safer Outcomes - LE Grant award of $500,000 from the DOJ, COPS Office. No matching funds are required for this grant. There is no additional impact on the General Fund. Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommended actions comply with the City's Financial Policies in that all grant funds will be utilized for grant-eligible activities.