22 - Authorizing the Application for a Bullet Resistant Shield Grant

Home Browse Search

Funding Announcement: Bullet -Resistant Shield Grant Program, FY2023 • Community/First Responder Agency Notifications • Mutual Aid Implementation • Solo Officer Deployment • Officer Team Deployment • Follow -On Responders (Rescue Task Force) • Incident Command - Unified Command Considerations • Incident Debriefing • Training ALERRT Training. All officers provided with a grant -funded ballistic shield must have either attended 16 hours of ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) training within the last 24 months or commit to attend within the next 24 months. ALERRT's upcoming course schedule can be found here Note: Funding is available through the Public Safety Office to offset travel expenditures associated with attendingTraining. Pease refer to the A�FRRTT a eid u 1a nce Fu„ndfri/ qn,y! i ni!for _. more information on how to apply for these funds. IIIII'uui �ii�l VIII ° lRequilrervients 1. Local units of governments must comply with the Cybersecurity Training requirements described in Section 772.012 and Section 2054.5191 of the Texas Government Code. Local governments determined to not be in compliance with the cybersecurity requirements required by Section 2054.5191 of the Texas Government Code are ineligible for OOG grant funds until the second anniversary of the date the local government is determined ineligible. Government entities must annually certify their compliance with the training requirements using the ��u � u�iir�'oU Ir irmu ruoi�i A copy of the Training Certification mu ..:)u �alr.... ,uo�aJl La�P � I ¢ rP�ro�o7u irpiw1111 k st be uploaded to your eGrants application. For more information or to access available training programs, visit the Texas Department of Information Resources sYiait «.u.. d..�Isn u�u�,,cjdsuuly fevvao.G.,G.m. ,s <�ir°OJnf-", page. 2. Entities receiving funds from PSO must be located in a county that has an average of 90% or above on both adult and juvenile dispositions entered into the computerized criminal history database maintained by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) as directed in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 66. The disposition completeness percentage is defined as the percentage of arrest charges a county reports to DPS for which a disposition has been subsequently reported and entered into the computerized criminal history system. Counties applying for grant awards from the Office of the Governor must commit that the county will report at least 90% of convictions within five business days to the Criminal Justice Information System at the Department of Public Safety. 3. Eligible applicants operating a law enforcement agency must be current on reporting complete UCR data and the Texas specific reporting mandated by 411.042 TGC, to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for inclusion in the annual Crime in Texas (CIT) publication. To be considered eligible for funding, applicants must have submitted a full twelve months of accurate data to DPS for the most recent calendar year by the deadline(s) established by DPS. Due to the importance of timely reporting, applicants are required to submit complete and accurate UCR data, as well as the Texas-