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City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners <br />VIA: Stan Morris, City Manager <br />FROM: Edward Santiago, Chief of Police <br />DATE: September 15, 2022 <br />RE: Authorize Expenditure of DOJ Forfeiture Funds <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends approval of this Resolution. <br />REASONS: <br />The Police Department is seeking approval to expend Department of Justice forfeiture funds tc <br />increase the amount of sworn personnel. We currently have two police detectives detached to federal <br />task forces and the Department of Justice allows the use of forfeiture funds to pay for their new hire <br />replacements. The replacement officers would be operating as uniform patrol officers policing Sunny <br />Isles Beach. To fund the replacement new hires would cost $217,280.00. <br />The Police Department is also seeking approval to purchase giveaway community policing items for <br />use at various events. These items have been very popular and serve to educate the public on various <br />initiatives. We are seeking approval to allocate $10,000.00 for that purpose. Additionally the <br />promotion and reassignment of police supervisors has created the need to purchase three additional <br />Apple iPads and accessories for $2,750.00. The Apple iPads will allow the supervisors to work more <br />efficiently and provide a host of benefits to include evidence collection, improved communication, <br />optimizing the dissemination of police paperwork, and limiting the use of paper as we aim to move <br />toward more environmentally sustainable practices. The Police Department is currently upgrading tc <br />electronic citations to modernize the process. <br />In an effort to maximize efficiency and expedite the citation process we are seeking authorization use <br />forfeiture funds to purchase automatic card readers. The automatic card readers will allow officers to <br />swipe a driver's license which will automatically populate the information in the electronic fields. This <br />Item Number: 10.0 <br />151 <br />