IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to issue a check in the amount of $10,772.00 to the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department for the furnishing of Crisis Intervention Team training and programs funded by the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19089, February 29, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) has submitted two funding requests to the COMBAT Commission for the furnishing of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programming and training for the KCPD CIT Squad; and,
WHEREAS, this training will enable the CIT Squad to keep current in regards to substance abuse/mental health and violence issues, best practices involving police interaction with mentally ill subjects, and current liability issues resulting from those interaction, at a cost not to exceed $4,172.00; and,
WHEREAS, additionally, this funding will assist with costs associated the training programs the CIT Squad conducts for other Jackson County law enforcement jurisdictions, at a cost not to exceed $6,600.00; and,
WHEREAS, approval of this funding request is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized issue a check to the Kansas City Police Department, in the amount of $10,772.00, for CIT training and programs.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resoluti...
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