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Ordinance in the Amount of $250,000 for Air-Purifying Respirators
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Council Priority: Promote Public Safety & Reduce Crime
Department: Police
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Brian James, 373-2085
Contact 2 and Phone: Stephanie Moore, 373-2352
PURPOSE:
The Greensboro Police Department has received funds from the Department of Justice Equitable Sharing Program ("Federal Forfeiture") in the amount of $250,000. The department wishes to use the grant funds for equipment needs not included in their general fund budget. Approval of the budget ordinance is requested from the Greensboro City Council in accordance with current city fiscal procedures.
BACKGROUND:
The Greensboro Police Department wishes to purchase Air-Purifying respirators (APR) for its officers not provided for in their general fund. With certain special team exceptions, sworn personnel are issued APRs that are more than 10 years old. In the previous two years when the department attempted to perform Quantitative Fit-Testing (required for OSHA compliance), many APRs failed and required either the replacing of parts or the complete exchange with another APR from the department's inventory. The manufacturer of these particular items is no longer producing these respirators or replacement parts. The APRs the department wishes to purchase meet the national standard for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear respiratory protection for emergency response workers.
Title 21, United States Code, Section 881 (e) allows local law enforcement agencies to share in the proceeds from the sale of seized assets and cash from certain criminal investigations. The Police Department has received proceeds from the Department of Justice Equitable Sharing Program based upon the Police Department's involvement in the originating investigations and/or arrests which generate the seizures. The funds must be spent solely on law enforcement purposes ...
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