To: Board of Supervisors
From: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Report Title: Interagency Agreement with Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer, or designee, to execute a contract with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Police Department in an amount not to exceed $32,970 for Agency officers to attend "Policing the Teen Brain" Train the Trainer (T3) Training for the period of April 1, 2024, through July 31, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This agreement is 100% funded through a grant awarded from the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in support of the Supporting Youth in the Community Initiative in Contra Costa County. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The Probation Department is the recipient of a federal Community Project Funding award for the Strategies for Supporting Youth in the Community Initiative. Probation’s Office of Reentry & Justice (ORJ) is the administrator of this Initiative and is contracting with Strategies for Youth to provide evidence-based training sessions on adolescent development to all interested law enforcement agencies in the County.
Under the contract, Strategies for Youth will provide a 4-day Train-the-Trainer (T3) course (Policing the Teen Brain) with a customized training curriculum; and support the delivery of a 2-day Patrol Officer training course provided by newly trained officers at participating law enforcement agencies. Law Enforcement Agencies are reimbursed for the cost of sending officers to the training.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The evidence-based, specialized training for law enforcement officers will not be offered without incurring costs to these agencies.