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A resolution approving an application for a Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to strengthen and expand the Crime Gun Intelligence Center to more rapidly identify, investigate, and prosecute perpetrators of firearm related violent crimes through enhanced technology, personnel capacity, and interagency collaboration.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice is accepting applications for a Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative grant with an award of $300,000 with no cash match required to strengthen and expand the Crime Gun Intelligence Center to more rapidly identify, investigate, and prosecute perpetrators of firearm related violent crimes through enhanced technology, personnel capacity, and interagency collaboration; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant application be approved and submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan Government’s completed grant application for a Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative grant with an award of $300,000 is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is authorized to submit said application to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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Analysis
This resolution approves an application for a Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (“MNPD”) to strengthen and expand the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
If awarded, this grant would allow MNPD to enhance the department’s ballistic tracking to solve violent crimes including documented National Integrated Ballistic Information Network inputs. The grant would be utilized to fund overtime for detectives to investigate gun related crimes and pay for equipment for the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
If awarded, the grant amount is $300,000 with no required cash match.