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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Lt. Bill Rowley, Aurora Police Department
DATE: 03/08/2024
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $37,680.00 from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval of a grant to be used to allow the Aurora Police Department to continue its aggressive recruitment of qualified, diverse, and professional police applicants.
BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Police Department continues to work diligently to recruit and retain the best police officer candidates available to serve the Aurora community.
The Aurora Police Department, much like many police agencies, face a great challenge in the hiring of contemporary police officers in a market that appears to have a diminishing number of qualified candidates, and that the quality of our service to this community is highly dependent on our ability to locate, recruit, and retain the best and highest quality candidates.
Hiring and training quality police officers is a top priority for the Aurora Police Department. We know that today's new police officer is tomorrow's future police leader, and our investment in this department and our community must pay dividends for years to come.
DISCUSSION:
This grant will provide $37,680.00 over a 24-month period beginning January 1, 2024, through January 1, 2026 and is intended to pay for additional personnel hours dedicated to our recruitment efforts.
The police department maintains operational expenses related to materials, travel, and purchases related to recruitment. As such, this grant will be used exclusively for payroll overtime associated with our recruitment efforts.
The Grant Revenue will be placed in account 101-3536-334.30-02. Expenses will be made following the City's Purchasing Policies and funded through account 101-3536-421.50-50.
There will be no supplantation or comingling of operational and grant award funds in support of this Recruitment and Rete...
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