Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-1003

EPS 1003

Community Policing Grants

Messrs. Collins and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 8000-0655 the following new item:-

"8000-0660 For community policing grants to be administered by the executive office of public safety and security; provided, that grants shall be awarded pursuant to a distribution method determined by the secretary of public safety and security; provided further, that said secretary shall award grants based on criteria including, but not limited to, unspent balances of prior-year community policing awards, population statistics, crime rates, and the merits of community policing programs as described by municipalities on their grant applications; provided further, that grant funds shall only be expended on items that are related to community policing activities, programs, purchases, or construction; provided further, that grant funds shall not be expended on food and beverages, recruit training academy tuition, salaries and benefits for non community policing personnel, and payments for non-related overtime; provided further, that all grant funds distributed from this item shall be used to supplement local community policing efforts; and provided further, that all funds appropriated in this item and allocated for the fiscal year 2020 shall be awarded to the city of Boston for a pilot program for the reintroduction of community policing grants…………………..$500,000".