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Committee forwards application for $4.1 million auto-theft task force grant; police lieutenant to be detailed and backfilled
Summary
Federal Way’s committee voted to forward a Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority grant application — roughly $4.2 million — to the City Council consent agenda, and approved forwarding a plan to detail a city lieutenant to the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force with a reimbursable backfill.
The Federal Way Finance and Administration Committee on April 22 voted to forward a Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority (WATPA) grant application for the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force to the city council consent agenda, and separately agreed to forward the proposed backfill of a police lieutenant who will be detailed to the task force.
The committee chair, Paul McDaniel, said the police department requested authorization to apply for the WATPA grant and, if awarded, to accept it. The police chief described the application as “just over 4,000,000,” and said the request would fund a supervisor, seven detectives, a crime analyst and fiscal costs for the task force. “We have a really good chance of obtaining the grant,” the chief said, adding the task force was formed in February 2017 and has involved…
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