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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2101 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO \ 0 \ A RESOLUTION authorizing application for U. S. Department of Justice Financial Assistance for the employment of additional Police Officers WHEREAS, the U S Department of Justice has invited applications for financial assistance to employ additional Police Officers m cities committed to the use of the additional officers m a proactive and problem-solving manner, and WHEREAS, the Pasco community possesses a crime rate well m excess of State averages and certain neighborhoods within the community reflect chronic crime conditions which warrant a comprehensive problem-solving approach which requiring additional police manpower, and WHEREAS, an increasing and broad trend of youth violence, including escalating gang violence, is particularly threatening to the community at-large and requires a concerted effort through additional resources, and WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has every intention to retain the officers employed with a Department of Justice grant beyond the grant period m order to maintain the positive effects expected to be achieved through the use of the additional resources dunng the grant period, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: §1. The Pasco City Manager is hereby directed and. authonzed to make application to the U S Department of Justice for rare (6) additional Police Officers and is authorized to execute all documents necessary and appropnate to the filing of such application PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco its a Regular Meeting this -1-1th-day of October, 1993 ATTEST VED AS TO FO I 11 :4004 RUBSTELLO City ney II env&ifiatil _._- CATHERINE 10 SEAMAN Deputy City Clerk