Section 13847 Of Chapter 5.5. Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 5.5.
13847
. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Emergency
Services a program of financial and technical assistance for local
law enforcement, called the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program.
The program shall target the relationship between law enforcement and
Native American communities to encourage and to strengthen
cooperative efforts and to implement crime suppression and prevention
programs.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services may allocate and award
funds to those local units of government, or combinations thereof, in
which a special program is established in law enforcement agencies
that meets the criteria set forth in Sections 13847.1 and 13847.2.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon
application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the
applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body.
Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds
that would, in the absence of the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program, be made available to support the suppression and prevention
of crime on reservations and rancherias.
(d) The Director of Emergency Services shall prepare and issue
administrative guidelines and procedures for the Rural Indian Crime
Prevention Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) The guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon
which the Office of Emergency Services is prepared to offer grants of
funds pursuant to statutory authority. The guidelines do not
constitute rules, regulations, orders, or standards of general
application.