R98-40 06-08-98RESOLUTION NO. R98-40
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNDER
THE COPS MAKING OFFICER REDEPL O YMENT EFFECTIVE PROGRAM
FOR EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM
IN PEARLAND.
WHEREAS, the City of Pearland Police Department is committed to community
policing, and has demonstrated this initiative since 1994 through organizational
change and innovative programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council understands that departments practicing policing
work with community members can more easily identify persistent community
problems, learn more about why these problems occur and, as a result, more easily
address the underlying conditions that lead to these problems, so that predictable
future crimes can be prevented; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to encourage the continued development
of police-citizen cooperation to control crime, maintain, order, and improve the quality
of life in Pearland; and
WHEREAS, funds to support community policing activities have been identified
under the COPS Advancing Community Policing program to help the Pearland Police
Department overcome organizational-level obstacles to successful department-wide
community policing efforts; now, therefore,
RESOLUTION NO. R98-40
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Manager or his designee is authorized to apply for
funding and execute all necessary agreements, under the COPS /V/ak/ng O£f/cer
Redep/oyment Effect/re program.
Section 2. That these funds are for the purpose of procuring equipment that
will enable the Police Department to overcome obstacles to successful community
policing activities.
Section 3. That the City's required match (25%) is hereby allocated from the
City's Capital Projects Fund (Police Computers).
ATTEST:
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this the 8th day of June, A.D., 1998.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
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