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Police commission unanimously backs three FEMA port-security grants totaling $2,477,290
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission voted unanimously May 4 to recommend the Board of Supervisors authorize the chief to accept and expend three FEMA Port Security Grant awards totaling $2,477,290 for marine security equipment, a response vessel and a dive-support truck.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted unanimously May 4 to recommend the Board of Supervisors authorize the police chief to retroactively accept and expend three Federal Emergency Management Agency Port Security Grant Program awards totaling $2,477,290.
Captain Perry of the department’s Homeland Security Unit and Sergeant Keith Matthews of the Marine Unit outlined how the funds would be used. The FY2007 supplemental award of $155,370 would buy an entanglement device to disable an offender’s boat, coastal monitoring cameras and replacement outboard motors. A FY2008 award of $458,000 would fund visual and tactical-insertion communications equipment, personal protective equipment and two shallow-water craft. The larger FY2010 award of $1,863,920 would pay for a 22-foot twin-jet catamaran response vessel and a dive-support truck with scuba air-compressor and related gear.
Perry told commissioners the port-security awards are administered through FEMA and regional fiscal agents and said some grant programs allow multi-year performance periods. Sergeant Matthews said the San Francisco Marine Exchange and FEMA determine project awards and that the department did not have to provide additional local match for these particular packages.
A commissioner moved to accept the three items on the agenda; another seconded. With no public comment on the items, the body voted unanimously to pass the recommendation and forward the resolutions to the Board of Supervisors.
The commission’s approval authorizes the chief to accept and expend the funds if the Board of Supervisors concurs. The department said the equipment will be assigned to the Marine Unit and explosive-ordnance/diving teams to bolster harbor response capabilities.
