Item #02 Approval to Expend and/or Grant Forfeiture Monies to Law Enforcement Related Uses and Charities cen ter of Good z
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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: November 2, 2010
Item #
Reviewed By:
Contact Name: S. Goclon Department Director: C. Brown
Contact Number: City Manager: R. Frank
Subject: Approval to Expend and/ or Grant Forfeiture Monies to Law Enforcement Related Uses and Charities
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 fifteen (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.
The Ocoee Police Department recommends expending monies from its Forfeiture fund to law enforcement
related uses as follows: $750 to its Neighborhood Restorative Justice Program; $1,000 to sponsor its Citizen
Police Academies throughout the year; $2,500 to purchase bicycle helmets to be distributed by the Department's
Crime Prevention and School Resource Officer unit to children in need; $2,500 to the Ocoee Police Explorers;
and $3,000 for the City of Ocoee Spring Fling event.
Because of the services they provide to the Ocoee Police Department and the community and because
duplication of some 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: $1,000 to
Mothers Against Drunk Driving; $1,500 to Central Florida Police Athletic League, a non -profit organization
working with law enforcement that helps keep youth crime and drug free; $1,500 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; $2,000 to the Orange
County Sexual Assault Treatment Center; $2,000 to the Orange County Victim Services Center; $2,500 to
Spouse Abuse Inc. Harbor House, the domestic violence shelter and assistance center for Orange County; and
$2,500 to Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare (aka Central Florida Crisis Intervention Team), the facility that trains
our police officers how to deal with people in crisis.
Issue:
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Police Department
to expend and/or grant monies from its Police forfeiture fund to law enforcement related uses and 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 its Police Forfeiture fund to law enforcement related uses/ charities.
Attachments:
None
Financial Impact:
A total of $22,750 from the Police Forfeiture fund. There is approximately $160,000 in this fund.
Type of Item: (please mark with an "x)
Public Hearing For Clerk's Dept Use:
Ordinance First Reading Consent Agenda
Ordinance Second Reading ublic Hearing
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Resolution Regular Agenda
x 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 N/A
Reviewed by Finance Dept. N/A
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