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- City of San Bernardino
`o. Request for Council Action
Date: February 21, 2017
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Mark Scott, City Manager
By: Jarrod Burguan, Chief of Police
Susan Stevens, Senior Management Analyst
Subject: Appropriation of Funding from the Public Safety Academy
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino,
California, authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the City of San Bernardino and the Public Safety Academy of San Bernardino,
Inc., and amending the FY2016/17 Adopted Budget by appropriating $125,880 of grant
funds.
Background
The Public Safety Academy of San Bernardino, Inc. has awarded the San Bernardino
Police Department grant funding in the amount of $125,880 for the purpose of hiring
pending or former graduates of the Public Safety Academy as Police Cadets.
Discussion
The Police Cadet program is designed to introduce young men and women to a wide
array of careers in law enforcement. Police Cadets perform a variety of tasks including
filing police reports, assisting the public, answering telephones, and other support-level
functions. The program provides extensive on-the-job training related to the duties,
responsibilities, methods, and techniques of sworn and non-sworn law enforcement
personnel across a number of divisions within the Police Department.
To qualify for the Police Cadet program, applicants must be 18-24 years of age and
must be enrolled in an accredited college or university while maintaining a minimum 2.0
grade point average. The Police Cadet program embraces the importance of a formal
education while providing critical practical experience to better prepare individuals for
future law enforcement careers.
Police Cadets are part-time positions; applicants from the Public Safety Academy would
be required to pass all Police Department qualifications to be eligible for the program.
The PSA Pathways Grant has no specific requirement for continued funding for the
Cadet program once grant funds are exhausted, but Cadets hired under the program
may continue in their Cadet positions if City-funded Cadet positions are vacant.
Fiscallmpact
Appropriation of $125,880 into the FY16/17 Adopted Budget would cover the annual
cost of approximately 8 Police Cadets at $14,750 per year, per Cadet. There will be no
impact to the General Fund in FY16/17.
Conclusion
Authorize the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the City of San Bernardino and the Public Safety Academy of San Bernardino,
Inc., and appropriate $125,880 into the FY16/17 budget.
Attachments
Attachment 1 — Resolution, Exhibit A — MOU
Ward:
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