Title
Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Texas at Dallas for a research-practitioner partnership to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the Mesquite Police Department’s (MPD) deployment of personnel and strategic assets in the City of Mesquite.
Body
This Memorandum of Understanding will promote a research partnership which aims to maximize the benefits of applying robust academic research methods with the practical applications of police resource deployment. The partnership will evaluate and measure the effectiveness and efficiency of various crime fighting tools and techniques utilized by the MPD.
Doctoral academic researchers will coordinate the scientific methodology of the research in partnership with the Crime Analysis Unit at the MPD, which will provide data, information and practical guidance for the research.
Financial Implications
No cost is associated with this agreement.
Recommended/Desired Action
Staff recommends that the City Manager be authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding.
Attachment(s)
MOU - University of Texas at Dallas
Drafter
Alex Bullock
Head of Department
Charles M. Cato