Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager and the Police Department to Make Application, Receive, and Expend Grant Funding from the Office of the Governor of Texas through Public Safety Office Criminal Justice Division in an Amount Not to Exceed $34,165.60
Requested Action
Approval of Resolution
Recommendation
Approval of Resolution
Description/History
The City of Mansfield Police Department’s patrol division does not have bullet-resistant
shields available for immediate deployment by patrol officers. These shields will protect
the officer’s body and anyone directly behind them from pistol ammunition rounds. The
purpose of this grant is to provide shields to police departments that may respond to
active shooter/s at a school.
Justification
This grant will provide $34,165.60 in funding for 10 24”x36” Level IIIA Rapid Response
Ballistic Shields for officers working details inside the Mansfield ISD schools or called to
assist an ISD Jurisdiction critical incident of an active shooter/s, or any incident of an
active shooter in the city limits.
Funding Source
The funding will be provided by The Office of the Governor of Texas, Public Safety
Office Criminal Justice Division.
Prepared By
Nicole Puckett, Grant Writer
(817)728-3932