Consideration and Approval of a Grant Agreement: Between the City of Flagstaff and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for Driving Under the Influence/Impaired Driving Enforcement and Equipment Grant #2020-405d-013.

Approval of the grant award will enable the Flagstaff Police Department to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights and weekends when impaired driving accidents historically occur.  It will also assist in the prosecution of offenders with the new equipment to be purchased.

There is no significant financial impact to the City of Flagstaff in terms of expenditures. This grant is budgeted within the Police Department budget.

Allows us to provide additional funding to assist Flagstaff Police Department in meeting the community's expectations in regards reducing injury collisions and apprehending impaired drivers of motor vehicles.

Flagstaff Regional Plan Policy PF.3.1 Maintain high-quality effectiveness and efficiency in law enforcement, fire and emergency services to the extent that is consistent with governmental operations, plans, public policies, population served, and monies available.

No-There has not been a previous council decision on this grant.

1.) Approve acceptance of the grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.
2.) Disapprove acceptance of the grant from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety.

The Flagstaff Police Department has partnered with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for the past twenty-five (25) years in efforts to reduce the amount of injury motor vehicle collisions in our community.  GOHS has continuously provided grant monies that have been used to staff details that are focused on finding impaired drivers, thus removing them from our highways and making our community safer.

Grant monies from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety allows us to schedule more officers on weekends and holidays when impaired drivers are more frequent.  These additional officers are focused on finding and removing impaired drivers from our roadways, which reduces motor vehicle collisions making our community much safer.

Approval of the grant will give the Flagstaff Police Department $40,000.00 to be spent on overtime assignments to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights and weekends when impaired driving accidents historically occur.  It will also assist in the prosecution of offenders with the new equipment to be purchased.  The grant also allows $10,918.00 for an intoxilyzer, a laser printer and a 2D barcode reader which is used in the processing of impaired drivers.

Approval of the grant award will enable the Flagstaff Police Department to increase efforts in reducing injury motor vehicle collisions by locating impaired drivers and supplementing on duty patrol officers with paid overtime officers on nights and weekends when impaired driving accidents historically occur.  It will also assist in the prosecution of offenders with the new equipment to be purchased

Inform the Council and public on the application of this grant and intended use of these funds.