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BACKGROUND In 2004, the federal government consolidated the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Grant and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (L.L.E.B.G.) to create the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (J.A.G.) Program. This program allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime, and to improve the criminal justice system. This year, its funding is provided through the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (A.R.R.A.) of 2009. In previous years each agency participating in these programs was responsible for preparing and submitting their own financial progress reports. Beginning in 2005 under the J.A.G. program, the County of Alameda took over the application and reporting responsibilities for all participating agencies. This year, the Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern was designated to act on behalf of all thirteen eligible Alameda County cities and the County to secure this revenue for all participating agencies in accordance with the A.R.R.A J.A.G. guidelines. To be eligible for J.A.G. funding, each participating agency must have submitted to the F.B.I. at least three years worth of Uniform Crime Report (U.C.R.) DATA WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS. Allocations are then apportioned to each participating agency based upon their share of the total violent crime reported within the state. This year, the City of Pleasanton's share of this grant is $34,897 Under the guidelines of this program, J.A.G. funds may be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, information systems for criminal justice related research and evaluation activities that will improve or enhance: Law enforcement programs Prosecution and court programs Prevention and education programs Corrections and community corrections programs Drug treatment and enforcement programs Planning, evaluation and technology improvement programs Crime victim and witness programs As a municipal police agency, the Pleasanton Police Department will utilize these funds to augment and replace equipment necessary to provide law enforcement services, supplement salary expenditures for staffing community crime reduction and enforcement efforts, and fund education programs for our community. These programs and purchases have been approved by the grant administrator (Alameda County). They include: The implementation of a new outreach program known as Crime Free Housing for Multi- density Residential Program. This program is designed to build trust and long -term working relationships between police and landlords /property managers in the spirit of Community Policing. It is a three phase certification Page 2 of 3