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<br />, <br /> <br />Preview <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3113 Fax <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />- _.- - <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Michael A. Grandinetti, Police Captain <br /> <br />DA TE: <br /> <br />1/20/20 II <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Approval to Expend Partial Forfeiture (DOJ) Funds for the <br />purchase of one police vehicle and associated equipment, in an <br />amount not to exceed $23,784.00 <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission approve the expenditure of partial <br />Federal (DOJ) Forfeiture Funds, previously awarded to the Police Department as <br />the result of investigative participation in forfeiture and seizure cases. These <br />funds are permissible by law to be spent for the purchases of police equipment, <br />staffing resources and other law enforcement activities. It is requested that we be <br />permitted to utilize up to $23,784.00 of said funds on deposit for such purpose. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department actively participates in an FBI / HIDTA <br />(High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Initiative Group that conducts numerous <br />ongoing proactive investigations and has a need for the attached listed <br />equipment. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />One of the benefits of participating in and providing personnel into high intensity <br />narcotics investigations is the sharing of confiscated proceeds for the <br />enhancement of law enforcement. <br /> <br />In addition to the budgeted police vehicles being purchased this year, the police <br />department is also in need of an unmarked police vehicle to be utilized by the <br />Investigative Services Division. <br /> <br />In order to assure adequate and reliable equipment, it is requested that we be <br /> <br />http://sibagenda.sibfl.net/agendalPreview.aspx?ItemID=4 3 O&MeetingID=O&MeetingDate... 1/13/2011 <br />