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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance and execution of a Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) Firearm Restraining Order (FRO) Compliance and Enforcement Grant which will assist the Lake County State's Attorney's Office with FRO enforcement in Lake County, including an emergency appropriation of $500,000 in grant funds.
Staff Summary
* The Lake County State's Attorney's Office (LCSAO) has been awarded $500,000 in Byrne State Crisis funds through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA).
* The grant term is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.
* LCSAO will use $300,000 in grant funds for operational supplies such as gun safes to distribute to community members and businesses and distribute literature to educate the community about firearm restraining orders.
* The remaining $200,000 in grant funds will be used to fund law enforcement overtime for approximately 15 agencies, which will be eligible to submit reimbursement requests for no more than $5,000 for any single FRO incident.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office has been awarded a Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) Enforcement Grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA), for the time period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, in the amount of $500,000; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County State's Attorney's Office will use this funding to distribute gun safes, educate the community and fund law enforcement overtime for Firearm Restraining Order (FRO) work; and
WHEREAS, the Byrne SCIP Enforcement Grant is in the amount of $500,000 and it is necessary to emergency appropriate this amount; and
WHEREAS, the State's Attorney's Office recommends that the Chair of the County Board, the State's Attorney and the Treasurer be authorized to execute the necessary documents to accept and execute the grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the B...
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