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C. 38

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Diana Becton, District Attorney
Date:	March 29, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement with City of Pittsburg (DOJ-BJA)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/29/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jason Chan, (925) 957-2234

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 29, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the District Attorney, or designee, to execute an Interagency Agreement with the City of Pittsburg, in an amount not to exceed $156,663 to provide a Police Officer assigned as a Cold Case DNA Detective for the period August 1, 2021 through August 1, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office (applicant) together with the Pittsburg Police Department (subrecipient) was awarded a grant by the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to prosecute violent crime cold cases. The grant funds will be used to investigate and prosecute violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA has been identified. Work funded through this grant will assist victims of crime and next of kin in an effort to bring closure in unsolved violent crime cold cases.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Under this agreement with the City of Pittsburg, one (1) police officer will be assigned as a DNA Cold Case detective.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without this contract, the work of the DNA Cold Case detective will not be completed.