The City of Akron public safety committee met at 2:15 p.m. and placed five grant ordinances on the council consent agenda, moving forward applications for Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), two body‑worn camera grants, a $2 million‑cap community‑based violence prevention initiative, and a State Homeland Security terrorism and mass‑casualty preparedness grant.

Chief McCozzi told the committee the PSN ordinance would allow the mayor or designee to apply for and, if awarded, accept funds to cover overtime related primarily to enforcement and violence‑prevention activities in the Anti‑Violence Bureau. "These are planned operations," he said, explaining the grant can pay overtime both for predictable enforcement actions and when personnel are called in for emergent problems.

The committee also considered a 2025 Bureau of Justice Assistance body‑worn camera grant intended to replace aging computer equipment used for video management and redaction. Chief McCozzi said the current equipment is "8, 9 years old" and the request is "in excess of $36,400" to replace hardware, renew licenses and add one redaction staffer to speed processing of public‑records requests. "Our redaction unit is the one that does the public records requests," he said, noting redaction is a major source of delay in returning video to requestors.

A larger Bureau of Justice Assistance Community‑Based Violence Prevention Initiative was introduced with an application cap of $2,000,000. Chief Makosi described the proposal as funding additional anti‑violence bureau staff and a full‑time analyst to track patterns of violent crime, overtime, community‑relations programming (including bicycles and supplies), training, equipment, and contracts with partner organizations. He said the proposal includes partner contracts — citing approximately $408,000 for each partner identified — and covers programming over a multi‑year period. When asked whether Credible Messenger programming was part of this application, Makosi said, "Credible Messenger is not a part of this grant application. That is a separate program."

Chief Makosi also presented an Office of Criminal Justice Services 2026 body‑worn camera grant application targeted at redaction‑unit equipment, licensing and Axon storage, and a State Homeland Security FY2025 application for mobile equipment to support mass‑casualty response (about $34,900 to replace worn equipment and supplies).

After questions, committee members moved each ordinance to the consent agenda by voice vote. No separate roll‑call tallies were recorded in the committee transcript; chairs and members indicated "aye" for each consent action.

The public safety committee adjourned after placing the items on the consent agenda. Those ordinances will be considered by the full council as part of the consent portion of the next council meeting.