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BACKGROUND State Assembly Bill 3229 signed by the governor on July 12th, 1996 added section 30061 of the Government Code establishing a statewide fund for allocation to local police agencies, referred to as the Citizens' Options for Public Safety Program. As required by the bill, the County of Alameda has established a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund and has established a committee to oversee and review the annual expenditures by local agencies from this fund. The funds are allocated to our City based on population. For COPS Year 18, the City of Pleasanton has received an allocation of$118,049 (including interest). Recommended Expenditures: Leveraging the use of technology in a variety of mediums has widely been accepted and adopted by law enforcement agencies to accomplish a variety of goals including, but not limited to, the improvement of fundamental service levels, creating greater efficiencies, reducing crime, increasing clearance rates and allowing for proactive public engagement. The Police Department recently underwent a comprehensive Management Study conducted by auditors from California Police Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.). The study articulated a number of recommendations including improving crime analysis through the use of technology. Moreover, the Police Department recently completed its five-year Strategic Plan (2013-2018) in which leveraging advanced technological solutions is a specific initiative of the plan. The Police Department recommends expenditures for COPS Year 18 be encumbered for a wide range of technology based solutions which support front line law enforcement functions and serve to enhance public safety as predicated by our grant authorization. The centerpiece of this allocation will be focused on "predictive policing" software. Predictive Policing Software is an emerging and contemporary crime prevention technology that uses algorithms and sophisticated analytics to generate predictive analytics regarding specific areas and windows of time that are at highest risk for future crimes. This includes property crimes, traffic accidents, drug incidents, gang activity, and gun violence. Predictive policing software serves law enforcement organizations as an everyday tool to prevent crime. This technology will be deployed via our Mobile Data Computers to Police personnel to focus pre-deployment briefing time as well as in-field references to narrowly defined high risk geographic areas displayed on maps. Pleasanton Police Department is well suited to leverage predictive policing as a crime reduction solution given the data-rich environment realized through decades of the department's crime stat collection and reporting. Among the data used for these predictions, the most predominant includes: crime type, crime location, and time of crime occurrence. No suspect information, personal data or private information is utilized for the predictive algorithm. To fully utilize a predictive policing solution and enhance service delivery within the Police Department, additional grant funding will be used toward data access. This would include station access for the Watch Commanders, remote access via tablet Page 2 of 3