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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: May 6, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Major J.D. Peacock
SUBJECT: Approval to Submit Grant Application for Sheriff's Office
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Okaloosa County Sheriff Requests Board approval for the
Okaloosa County Clerk of Courts (on behalf of the Sheriff’s Office) to submit application for
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY 2014 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.
BACKGROUND: The Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP), created by the Bulletproof Vest
Partnership Grant Act of 1998 is a unique U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed to
provide a critical resource to state and local law enforcement.
Since 1999, the BVP program has reimbursed more than 13,000 jurisdictions, a total of $375
million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million vests (1,146,909 as of December,
2013). BVP is a critical resource for state and local jurisdictions that saves lives. Based on data
collected and recorded by BJA staff, in FY 2012, protective vests were directly attributable to
saving the lives of at least 33 law enforcement and corrections officers, in 20 different states, an
increase 13.7% over FY 2011. At least 14 of those life-saving vests had been purchased, in part,
with BVP funds
Documents are attached related to the submittal of a grant application for the Department of
Justice's 2014 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant for the Sheriff's Office