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CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MTG
Meeting Date:
02/01/2023
Submission of App t0 Texas Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, for the Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program - FY 2024
Submitted For:
Titilayo Smith
Submitted By:
Titilayo Smith, Community Development/ Grant Admin
Department:
Mayor's Office
Information
ACTION REQUEST
Consider and approve the submission of an application to the Texas Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, for the Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program - FY 2024 on behalf of the Texas City Police Department, which names Titilayo Smith, Grants Administrator, as the authorized official of the grantee.
BACKGROUND (Brief Summary)
The Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program supports equipping law enforcement officers at risk of shootings with rifle-resistant body armor.
The underlying problem is that officers are not protected well enough for higher caliber weapons. Issuing officers rifle resistant body armor gives them one additional means of being able to survive a violent attack. Currently, if an emergent situation occurred at one of our schools, officers would have to make entry with limited protection from various weapons. Frontline law enforcement can use all of the protective equipment that they can get to be able to end their tour of duty uninjured.
The majority of our officers only have body armor vests which will not protect against certain firearms, like rifle rounds or armor piercing rifles. Though our officers are trained to enter a location and eliminate the threat, these rifle resistant body armor shields and vests will give our officers a higher survival rate if the threats open fires on officers.
RECOMMENDATION
It is the recommendation of the Grants Administrator that the Commission approve the submission of this application which also names the Grants Administrator as the authorized official of the City for purposes of administering this grant.
Fiscal Impact
Funds Available Y/N:
N/A
Amount Requested:
N/A
Source of Funds:
Account #:
Fiscal Impact:
There is no match of funds required.
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