Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager and the Police Department to Make Application, Receive and Expend Grant Funding from the Texas Department of Transportation Automobile Burglary & Theft Prevention Authority for FY 2012-2013 to Continue Operating a Multi-Agency Task Force
Requested Action
Approval of Resolution
Recommendation
Approval of Resolution
Description/History
The Texas Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) was created in 1991 by the Texas Legislature to work with law enforcement officers, Mexican officials, state prosecutors, the insurance industry, and citizens across the state to combat automobile theft. In 2007, the Texas Legislature expanded ATPA's mission to include emphasis on vehicle burglary in addition to theft. The resulting agency, known as the Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention (ABTPA), is charged with assessing the automobile burglary, automobile theft, and economic automobile theft problems in Texas and analyzing methods and providing financial support to combat these problems. The ABTPA moved from Texas Department of Transportation to the newly established state agency, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in 2009. The program is funded by a $1.00 annual assessment per insured vehicle per year. The fee is assessed by all agencies that insure vehicles in Texas and is collected by the Comptroller. The Mansfield Police Department applied for $482,752 in FY 2011-2012 and received $ 136,362.
Grant-funded projects must begin on or after September 1, 2012, and expire on or before August 31, 2013.
Justification
In Texas, a vehicle is stolen every 5 minutes and a vehicle is burglarized every 2 1/2 minutes. The Mansfield Police Department proposes to re-apply for grant funding to continue to operate a multi-agency task force to target automobile thefts and automobile burglaries. The Mansfield Police Department would be the managing agency with participation from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Ellis County Sheriff's Office, and Burleson Police Department. The grant would fund salaries and benefits, office space and supplies and equipment for one year.
Total grant funding request will be an amount not to exceed $500,000 (20% matching funds equaling $100,000 is required and will be shared between all participating agencies.)
Funding Source
Texas Department of Transportation Automobile Burglary & Theft Prevention Authority
Match requirement: 20% or $34,010.
Prepared By
Gary L. Fowler, Chief of Police, Mansfield Police Department
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