Item 10 Approval to Expend and/or Grant Forfeiture Monies (State) to Law Enforcement Related Uses and Charities V
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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: May 7, 2019
Item # /0
Reviewed By: 4040
Contact Name: Lt. Scott Nylander Department Director: Chie h- : .wn
Contact Number: 407-554-7104 City Manager: Robert Fr.� /
Subject: Approval to Expend and/or Grant Forfeiture Monies (State) to Law Enforcement Related Uses and
Charities
Background Summary:
The Ocoee Police Department recommends expending monies from its forfeiture fund to law enforcement
related uses as follows: $500 to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), up to $1,000 to sponsor its Citizen
Public Safety Academies, which educate Ocoee citizens and businesses about the Police and Fire Department;
and $750 to its Neighborhood Restorative Justice Program, which serves as a pretrial diversion program for
children who live in Ocoee and have committed minor offenses.
Because of the services they provide to the Ocoee Police Department and to the community, and because
duplication of these programs by the Police Department is not possible, the Police Department recommends
granting monies from its forfeiture fund to the following non-profit organizations: $2,000 to Aspire Behavioral
Healthcare (aka Central Florida Crisis Intervention Team), the facility that trains our police officers how to deal
with people in mental health crisis; and $2,000 to Crimeline, which provides crime solving tips to the Police
Department, as well as publicity and rewards to the public. Over the past years, the Police Department has made
a practice of using these monies to help support programs and organizations that partner with the Police
Department in its crime prevention/public safety mission and wishes to continue to do so.
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Police Department to expend
and/or grant monies from the Police Forfeiture Fund (State) for various 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 grant monies from the Police Forfeiture Fund (State) for various law enforcement related
uses/charities.
Attachments:
None
Financial Impact:
A total of not more than $6,250 from the Police Forfeiture Fund (State). There is approximately $35,653.33 in
this fund.
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