Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1655 Enhancement of Community Policing through Community Schooling
Requester:	Chief Edward Werder		Organization:		Cooper City Police Department
Project Title:	Enhancement of Community Policing through Community Schooling		Date Submitted:		01/30/2000 11:21:42 AM
District Member:	Howard Forman		Service Area:		City/Town
Counties Affected:	Broward
Recipient:	Cooper City Police Department		Contact:		Chief Edward Werder
	11610 Stonebridge Parkway		Contact Phone:		(954) 432-9000
	Cooper City 33026
Project Description:
This program will develop comprehensive strategies to (1) prevent criminal activities of youth within our community through diverse sports, educational and partnering oppotunities; (2) project long term reductions in criminal tendencies due to community monitoring; and (3) develop collegial relationships with parents, educators and senior citizens with the youth of our community. Cooper City is willing to send personnel to other communities wanting to use this model.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Continous interaction between Cooper City law enforcement officers and the youth of the Cooper City. Law enforcement officers will be involved as positive role models and have continous involvemeent with students in their school, their neighborhoods and perhaps even in their places of work through community policing efforts. A tracking mechanism will be developed by the School Board of Broward County, the Broward Sheridd's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Cooper City Police Department to determine whether, on average, students who have graduated from such an environment, are less likely to be involved in criminal activity than students coming from one which is substantiallly diffferent. The State benefits by having law enforcement seen as a positive force in the community and by having a lower incidence of crime by youth. It has been shown that youth involved in programs such as this one are less likely to commit crimes during their lifetime.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Lower criminal activity of youth between the ages of 16-25. It is known that once a person has reached the age of 25 and has not been involved in crime, there is a significant likelihood they never will.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$190,980
Total cost of the project:		$240,980

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
	Cash Amount:	$25,000		In-Kind Amount:		$25,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$159,059
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						No
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	vrious reports of the U.S. Department of Justice
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Unknown