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<br />Preview <br /> <br />Page I of2 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />0, 5Ut\ <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City H.II <br />(305) 949-3113 Fox <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />The Honorable Mayor and City Commission <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Fred A. Maas, Chief of Police <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />4/19/2012 <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Approval to Expend Partial Forfeiture (DOJ) Funds for the addition <br />of six (6) new, non budgeted police officer positions, purchase of <br />six (6) additional police vehicles, Start-Up Costs for Uniforms and <br />equipment for new positions and miscellaneous investigative <br />electronics and tactical equipment, in an amount not to exceed <br />$774,986.00 <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 results 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 />and other law enforcement activities. It is requested that we be permitted to <br />utilize up to $774,986.00 of said funds on deposit for such purpose. <br /> <br />REASONS: <br /> <br />The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department actively participates in a DEA 1 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 and purchases. <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: <br /> <br />As part of the City Managers Reorganizational Plan, DOJ Forfeiture Funds will <br />be used to support the costs of Six New Police Officers, Community Policing <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />IO~ <br />Y-Ict-I'ZJ <br /> <br />Agenda Item <br />http://sibagenda.si bfl.net/ agenda/Previ ew. aspx?1 temlD=77I &MeetingID= <br />