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<br />Police Forfeiture Account <br />As of September 30,2001 <br /> <br />Balance <br /> <br />$556,165 <br /> <br />The City of Sunny Isles Beach Police Department has three police officers involved with <br />agencies whose activities net the City a significant amount of money in the course of their work. <br />This work, incidentally, relates mostly to operations that have a direct benefit to the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach and its public safety and security. <br /> <br />The funds in this account, by law, are utilized in ways that directly benefit the Police <br />Department. All expenditures are recommended by the Chief of Police, approved by the City <br />Commission, and follow normal expenditure procedures through our Finance Office. These <br />funds have significantly benefited our taxpayers by funding items necessary in the conduct of <br />police business that would otherwise become a burden on the general tax base. There is a legal <br />process that must be followed in order for the City to have the forfeited monies turned over to the <br />City for our use. This work is handled totally in-house by the Office of the City Attorney. <br /> <br />Among other things that may come up, we expect to utilize these funds for the purchase of a <br />computer system for the Police Department with comprehensive cellular transmitting capability <br />and what is called Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), for a more efficient and state of the art <br />response system by our officers. Undercover vehicles and other equipment is purchased through <br />this account from time to time. In addition, and certainly very important is our Community <br />Policing and Crime Prevention Programs whose materials, activities, and equipment to make the <br />program work are funded from the forfeiture account. <br /> <br />;;:/: <br />..-.~# <br /> <br />65 <br />