2013/10/16 Council Agenda Packet

OJP Bulletproof Vest Partnership and the Body Armor Safety Initiative: Home Page Page 2 of 3 getting in contact with the helpdesk, please try again • Galls model AIIF(Apr.1,2011) during off peak hours(before 10am,12-1pm,or after 5 • PACA model CIIIAF(Apr.1,2011) pm EST). 12122/2010: AAAAAA New: The Bureau of Justice Assistance is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2011 BVP funds • Pacific Safety Products,Inc.Model 06UG2A8H are available for use. The FY 2011 award funds may • GH Armor Systems Model 06UG2A8H be used for the latest National Institute of Justice(NIJ) compliant armored vests which are ordered on or after April 1, 2011. The deadline to request payments from National Institute of Justice Body Armor Safety the FY 2011 award funds is August 31, 2013, or until Initiative Website all available 2011 awards funds have been requested. . Body Armor Safety Initiative Archive The complete list of FY 2011 BVP awards can be viewed here. NEW!UPDATED Mandatory Wear FAQs `"'All media contacts should be directed to the Office of Justice Programs,Office of Communications. Following two years of declining law enforcement officer line-of-duty deaths, the country realized a • dramatic 37 percent increase in officer deaths in 2010. Fifty-nine of the 160 officers killed in 2010 were shot • during violent encounters; a 20 percent increase over • 2009 numbers. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to improving officer safety and has undertaken research to review and analyze violent encounters and law enforcement officer deaths and injuries. Due to the increase in the number of law enforcement officer deaths, coupled with our renewed efforts to improve officer safety, beginning with FY 2011,in order to receive BVP funds,jurisdictions must certify, during the application process, that all law enforcement agencies benefitting from the BVP Program have a written "mandatory wear" policy in • effect. This policy must be in place for at least all uniformed officers before any FY 2011 funding can be used by the agency. There are no requirements regarding the nature of the policy other than it being a mandatory wear policy for all uniformed officers while on duty.BJA strongly encourages agencies to consult the International Association of Chiefs of Police's Model Policy on Body Armor and to strongly consider all recommendations within that policy. This policy change was announced in October 2010 by Attorney General Holder after consulting with and receiving input from the law enforcement community. • The IACP has very generously provided both its Body Armor Model Policy and position paper to the BVP program.In order to obtain a copy of the Model Policy and position paper, jurisdictions must be registered • with the BVP program.To obtain a copy of the Model Policy, contact the BVP Customer Support Center at 1-877-758-3787.or email vests(fusdoi.gov. For additional information regarding this new BVP program requirement,click here. BVP 50%Match Waiver: Jurisdictions with 2009 and 2010 BVP award funds may request a financial hardship waiver during the payment request process and receive up to 100% of the cost of each vest • submitted for reimbursement.Previously,a jurisdiction was only able to request up to 50%the cost of a vest • with their available BVP funds.Jurisdictions requesting a waiver of the 50% match requirement may not use • BVP funds toward the purchase of any vest with a total • unit cost greater than $1,200; excluding taxes, shipping and handling fees (if any) to maximize • funding for all eligible jurisdictions. All standard BVP vest requirements apply to the eligible vest types. Additionally,jurisdictions requesting a waiver have to meet criteria of financial or natural disaster hardship. The jurisdictions have to cite the source of their financial hardship during the waiver request process. Jurisdictions will be expected to keep documentation • 149 httrr•//uru.mxr niilcrini trnv/htmhaci/ 11a/11217n1