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Board hears explanation of grant-funded RIT contract for policing analyst position
Summary
Police chief said the proposed RIT contract funds an evidence-based policing analyst coordinator paid through two grants; the analyst would be employed by RIT but work at the police department on domestic-related case analysis, and the position would end if grant funding stops.
The Town Board reviewed a proposed contract with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to fund an evidence-based policing analyst coordinator. The police chief explained the position is grant-funded and would be employed by RIT while working at the Greece Police Department.
"This position is funded by two grants," the chief said. He identified a "Scribe" domestic-violence reduction grant and the GIVE (gun violence elimination) grant as the funding sources and said contracting with RIT is common practice because the position is grant-dependent: "if we do not receive the grant funding in the future, we do not have that position any longer." The chief also described the role as analytical work on domestic-related and intimate-partner-violence cases to identify trends and known or repeat offenders.
Board members asked for clarification on the employment relationship and duties; the chief confirmed the analyst would be employed by RIT but assigned to work at the police department doing data analysis. No formal vote on this contracting authorization is recorded in the transcript; the item was presented for authorization and board members asked clarifying questions.
