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First 2 Recipients of Pasadena Police Asset Forfeiture Grants Selected

Published on Monday, January 18, 2021 | 8:55 am
 

The Pasadena Police Department has named the first two recipients of grants under its new Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Grant Program, allowing assets seized through criminal investigations to be shared with local nonprofits, the department announced Monday.

The Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Pasadena and the Pasadena/Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders (PACTL) in Pasadena will each receive $5,000 grants in the inaugural round of funding, according to Pasadena Police Department Lt. Marie Sell.

Pasadena Police Chief John Perez said the program was another way for the department to strengthen its ties with the community it serves.

“The purpose of this grant is to allow us to provide support to neighborhood safety, promote crime prevention, and provide drug abuse education and offer drug abuse prevention services,” Perez said.

“We can accomplish this by offering funding to nonprofit organizations that have developed specific projects to address these areas of concern,” said the chief.

“Our Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Grant program is one critical component of our support for the neighborhoods that we protect and serve,” he said.

While funds and assets seized during investigations, such as drug proceeds or property owned by criminal organizations, are generally used for law enforcement purposes, federal guidelines allow for law enforcement agencies to distribute some of the funds to community-based nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) or (4) whose stated missions are supportive of and consistent with a law enforcement effort, policy, and/or initiative.

“An agency may expend up to a total of $25,000 annually to transfer to such organizations,” according to the guidelines distributed to law enforcement agencies by the U.S. Department of Justice. “Examples include a drug treatment facility, job skills program, or a youth program with drug and crime prevention education.”

Officials first announced the grant in October and invited local nonprofits to apply, Sell said.

Five applications were received, which were screened through a competitive process by a panel made up of police personnel and two community members, she said.

Sell said the department expected the first round of grants would only be the beginning.

“We hope to continue the grant program for years to come,” she said. “We will open up the grant application process again in March for the next fiscal year.”

The PPD devotes considerable effort to “provide an important presence to the community, making community members aware that we are here to listen, be transparent and to help work with them to build trust and strengthen the relationship between the department and community members,” according to Sell.

“The opportunity to give back to the community through monetary funds to nonprofits who help make the community a safer place is a goal for the chief and the department,” she said.

More information on the PPD’s Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Grant Program is available online at cityofpasadena.net/police/community-and-safety/community-reinvestment-grant.

See also:

The Pasadena Police Department to Make Forfeiture Funds Available to Some Nonprofits

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