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SECTION 10: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Please provide a brief summary of how your agency will use this federal funding. Refer to the COPS Application Guide for clarification on specific information to include in your summary, and be sure to provide a description of how you expect this grant to impact public safety and/or crime prevention in your community. The Executive Summary may be used to keep Congress or other executive branch agencies informed on law enforcement strategies to deter crime in your community. [Please limit your responses to a maximum of 3,000 characters.] Sunny Islcs Beach Policc Dcpartment Florida Captain Michael Grandinetti 305 792-1857 Estimated award amount: $200,000.00 The Sunny Islcs Beach Policc Dcpartmcnt has always bccn a progressive agcncy when it comcs to technology improvement. Thc city has been committed to providing its officcrs thc latest tools to aidc thcm in their daily cnforccment activitics. An cxample of the departmcnt's commitmcnt to technology is the computcr assisted dispatch. Thc dcpartmcnt implemcntcd a program to outfit cvcry police car in the department with a computer that is linkcd with thc communications office. This allows officcrs to be dispatchcd to calls and communicatc with communications via a computer. Duc to budgct constraints the city has bccn forccd to limit its cxpcnditures for the policc department. This limiting of expenditures left administrators with an important decision to make. Keep jobs or limit the amount of money allocated to the tcchnology improvement program. With the grant funds thc police departmcnt will seek to enhance several tcchnology programs to include automatic tag reader systcms, a radio station, and dcfibrillators. We anticipate that by utilizing thc grant funds it will allow the policc department to have a lasting positive effect on the community in which we serve. The automatic tag readers will allow officcrs to identifY vehiclcs that rcquirc a police investigation to apprchcnd offenders or victims of crimes (i.e. Amber Alerts). The radio station will allow the police departmcnt to broadcast important mcssages to the community to alert them to potential hazards or evcnts. It is a known fact that thc Sunny Islcs Bcach Policc Department serves a diversc community. One of the groups that makc up this diverse community is scnior citizens. The defibrillators will allow officcrs responding to medical calls thc ability to potentially savc a lifc.