HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 04 Approval to Expend and/ or Donate Forfeiture Funds to Law Enforcement Related Uses/Charities
AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Contact Name:
Contact Number:
s. Goclon.
X3021
Meeting Date: September 20, 2005
Item # 4-
Reviewed By:
.. Department Director:
City Manager:
Background Summary:
Per Florida State Statutes 932.7055 "...any local law enforcement agency that acquires at least $15,000 pursuant to
the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act within a fiscal year must expend or donate no less than 15 percent of such
proceeds for the support or operation of any drug treatment, drug abuse education, drug prevention, crime
prevention, safe neighborhood, or school resource officer program(s).
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Police Department to expend and! or
donate forfeiture funds to law enforcement related uses/ charities.
Recommendations
It is recommended that the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Police Department to
expend and! or donate forfeiture funds to law enforcement related uses/ charities as follows: $1500 to Central
Florida Police Athletic League; $1500 to A Child Is Missing; $1500 to Orange County Sexual Assault Treatment
Center; $1500 to Orange County Victim Services Center; $1500 to buy bicycle helmets; $2500 to Ocoee Police
Explorers.
Attachments:
None
Financial Impact:
A total of$IO,OOO from the Police Forfeiture account. There is approximately $47,000 in this account.
Type of Item: (please mark with an "x'J
_ Public Hearing
Ordinance First Reading
== Ordinance Second Reading
Resolution
)l Commission Approval
Discussion & Direction
Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
== Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution
Reviewed by City Attorney
Reviewed by Finance Dept.
Reviewed by ( )
N/A
N/A
N/A
City Manager
Robert Frank
Commissioners
Danny Howell. District 1
Scott Anderson. District 2
Rustv Johnson. District 3
Nancy J. Parker, District 4
Mayor
S. Scott Vandergrift
STAFF REPORT
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TO:
The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM:
Steven 1. Goclon, Chief of Police
DATE:
September 12, 2005
RE:
Approval to expend and! or donate forfeiture funds to law enforcement related usesl charities
ISSUE
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Police Department
to expend and! or donate forfeiture funds to law enforcement related uses/ charities.
BACKGROUNDIDISCUSSION
Per Florida State Statutes 932.7055 "... any local law enforcement agency that acquires at least $15,000 pursuant
to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act within a fiscal year must expend or donate no less than 15 percent of
such proceeds for the support or operation of any drug treatment, drug abuse education, drug prevention, crime
prevention, safe neighborhood, or school resource officer program(s). The local law enforcement agency has the
discretion to determine which program(s) will receive the designated proceeds." During fiscal year 04/05, the
Police Department acquired at least $18,000 (15% of which would be $2,700). There is approximately $47,000
in the Police Forfeiture account. Because of the services they provide to the department and the community and
because duplication of these programs by the Ocoee Police Department is not possible, the Ocoee Police
Department recommends the following donations:
$1500 to Central Florida Police Athletic League, a non-profit organization working with law enforcement that
helps keep youth crime and drug free; $1500 to A Child Is Missing, a public/private partnership, devoted to
assisting law enforcement in search and recovery efforts of missing children, elderly, and disabled persons and
notifying the public about sexual predators; $1500 to the Orange County Sexual Assault Treatment Center; and
$1500 to the Orange County Victim Services Center.
The Ocoee Police Department would also like to expend $1500 to buy bicycle helmets to be given to children in
need and $2500 to the Ocoee Police Explorers. Both ofthese are non-budgeted programs that depend upon
fundraisers and donations.
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