Action 10.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
County Sheriff
- Meeting Date:
- 03/10/2020
- Title:
- Stone Garden Grant Approval (Overtime and Mileage)
- Submitted By:
- Ken Foster, County Sheriff
- Department:
- County Sheriff
Presentation:
PowerPoint
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
2
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Ken Foster
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Lieutenant
Mandated Function?:
Federal or State Mandate
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
ARS 11-441
You will use this Agenda Item template if your item involves a Grant (whether a new or renewal grant). You also must attach the Grant Approval Form to the item before Finance will approve it. Select the SPECIAL LINKS on your left-hand menu and Click on "Grant Approval Form". Then complete the form, save it and attach it to your item (on the Attachments tab).
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve a reocurring contract for Stone Garden funding from the Department of Economic Security (DOHS), in the amount of $650,000 in Overtime and Mileage ($600,000 in Overtime), to participate in the operation to detect, deter and/or arrest subjects who smuggle human or drugs illegally into the country, effective January 29, 2020 through January 31, 2021.
Background:
The Sheriff's Office has a contract (re-occurring) for funding in Operation Stone Garden. The funding is to be utilized to assist the US Border Patrol in identifying and deterring illegal immigrant and drug smuggling into the United States, specifically for the Sheriff's Office into Cochise County. This funding allows the Sheriff's Office to place and dispatch additional resources (patrol units and detectives) in the field to locate, monitor, arrest and/or detain subjects and suspects involved in the above illegal activity. The funding also allows the Sheriff's Office to patrol remote areas of the county (like Portal AZ) during this operation/detail; where regular on duty patrol units cannot due to calls for service in more populated areas of the County. Units working the Stone Garden Operations main function(s) are to look for and combat the above mentioned illegal activities; however, the additional units are also available to assist the public as necessary.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
If approved, the Sheriff's Office will start/continue to participate with the US Border Patrol in Operation Stone Garden.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
If not approved, the Sheriff's Office will not be a participant in this program. Further, numerous other operations/multi-agency details to assist in combating illegal immigrant and drug smuggling are funded through Operation Stone Garden and without approval, the Sheriff's Office will no longer be able to participate in these details/operations.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please return two copies with original signatures to the Sheriff's Office.