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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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The Honorabl ayor and Me
TO :
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FROM
DATE OCT 3 0 2003
SUBJECT :
REFERENCES:
f Administrator/City Manager Council
ENCLOSURES:
Proposed Resolution
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FILE :
Dade -Miami Criminal Justice
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing
funding, in the amount of $35,000, for the Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council, Funding is to
be provided from the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Project Number 690001.
BACKGROUND
The Dade -Miami Criminal Justice Council researches and writes grant applications and assists in
formulating policies and procedures for municipal law enforcement agencies. The Council serves
as the designated Advisory Board for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) program.
They are also responsible for functioning as a catalyst and a reservoir for gathering information and
expertise, for conducting assessments, studies and comparisons and for amassing the knowledge
necessary to educate the criminal justice community about viable strategies for effective funding,
operations and policy making; serving as a mechanism for engaging policy makers, the media, the
criminal justice community and the community at -large in objective and informed analysis,
dialogue, interpretation and eventual decision making on important issues relating to criminal
justice in Miami -Dade County; and when appropriate, seek to guide, impress and influence the
community to adopt effective strategies that address important criminal justice issues. Funding is
provided to assist the council in implementing these goals.
FISCAL IMPACT: None, funded by the Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
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