Lake County Illinois - File #: 08-0729

• File #: 08-0729
• Version: 1
• Name: Resolution 2008 COPS Grant agrement
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/1/2008
• In control: Law & Judicial Committee
• Final action: 10/14/2008
• Title: Joint Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a Technology Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to implement Sheriff and Court specific information exchanges.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2008	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/8/2008	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
10/7/2008	1	Law & Judicial Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title

Joint Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a Technology Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to implement Sheriff and Court specific information exchanges.

Staff Summary

•                     The County has applied and been awarded a $448,944 COPS 2008 Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to enhance Sheriff specific exchanges and development of court exchanges in accordance with the adopted Lake County Integrated Justice System Plan.

•                     The Lake County Integrated Justice Executive Committee drafted an architectural plan for implementing the Lake County Integrated Justice System to increase public safety by enabling information to be captured at the source, and through the use of integrated technologies, and quickly share that information with the agencies that need it.

•                     The justice agencies are in the process of upgrading or replacing existing application systems to participate in the County’s integration effort.

•                     The implementation of Court and Sheriff exchanges is vital as the County moves towards integrating these application systems.

Body

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the County of Lake on behalf of the lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Integrated Justice Executive Committee, have applied for and been awarded Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant totaling $448,944 for the implementation of Court specific exchanges; and

WHEREAS, the grant award allocates $355,414 to be utilized for the implementation of Court specific exchanges, and $93,530 for the enhancement of Sheriff specific exchanges; and

WHEREAS, the grant will provide necessary funding to implement court and Sheriff specific exchanges, thereby allowing accurate, efficient, and timely exchange of information between the various law enforcement and judicial departments.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the acceptance and execution of the 2008 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Grant from the department of Justice to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, is hereby authorized; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $448,944 is hereby authorized in:

101-3001110-79950                                          $448,944

101-3001110-45334                                          $448,944                     

DATED at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, on this 14^th day of October, 2008, A.D.