HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumNATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 11, 2011
TO: Adolfo Gonzales, Chief of Police
FROM: Dan Fabinski, Sergeant
SUBJECT: California Office of Traffic Safety Grant Award; Council Resolution
On February 16, 2011, I submitted an application for a Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program (STEP) grant to the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The grant
application requested $103,428.84 in order to conduct DUI and traffic related
enforcement operations and to purchase necessary equipment for those operations. The
application was submitted electronically using OTS' new e-grants system.
On July 8, 2011, I received a notification from the OTS stating that the grant request
was approved in the amount of $103,429.00. The notification of the award was sent via
the new e-grants system. The grant award is for the period of October 1, 2011 to
September 30, 2012.
The allocated funds to NCPD will be used for the following;
• 11 DUI.DL checkpoint
® 12 roving DUI saturation patrols
• 8 red light enforcement operations
• 8 speed enforcement operations
• 6 intersection enforcement operations
• 2 motorcycle safety enforcement operations
• Purchase of 3 LIDAR speed detection devices
• Purchase of 4 Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) devices
® Purchase of 1 light tower with generator
• Purchase of miscellaneous supplies
• Traffic related training
Our assigned OTS regional coordinator is Ron Johnson. Mr. Johnson has advised me
that the new e-grants system has numerous technical issues, which has delayed the OTS
in providing formal grant documents. Mr. Johnson requested that the National City
Police Department submit the grant application summary and the e-mail confirmation of
the grant award to the National City Council for grant approval acceptance. Mr. Johnson
stated this will ensure that the National City Police Department will be able to start grant
funded operations and purchase grant related equipment without delay.