Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Community Crime Patrol, Inc. to assist the Division of Police in identifying suspicious activities indicative of criminal behavior and reporting them to the Police Division. Neighborhoods patrolled include the Hilltop, Franklinton, Merion Southwood, the Ohio State University district and on several multi-use trails around the City. The duration of this agreement will be March 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010.
Emergency Designation: This legislation is presented as an emergency to ensure that the community crime patrol program continues without interruption. The current contract expired at the end of February 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $200,000 from the Photo Red Light Fund. The Community Crime Patrol was funded at $433,000 in the General Fund in 2008. A total of $633,000 ($350,000 in General Fund and $283,000 in the Safety Initiative fund) was expended in 2007. There is no financial impact on the 2009 General Fund due to this ordinance.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with the Community Crime Patrol, Inc to provide citizen patrollers to assist the Division of Police in the control and prevention of crime in the Hilltop, Franklinton, Merion Southwood, and OSU areas and to authorize the expenditure of $200,000.00 from the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police's Photo Red Light Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has agreed to support the Community Crime Patrol, Inc. program; and
WHEREAS, the program is viewed as an aid in the control and prevention of crime in the Hilltop, Franklinton, Merion Southwood and Ohio State University areas, as well as on several multi-use trails throughout Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Public Safety desires...
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