Item Coversheet

Agenda Item - 4.i.


City of Garden Grove


INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM

To:Scott C. Stiles

From:Todd D. Elgin
Dept.:City Manager 

Dept.: Police 
Subject:

Appropriation and allocation of federal asset forfeiture funds for the purchase of Police Department equipment. (Action Item)

Date:6/12/2018
OBJECTIVE

To request City Council approval to appropriate $22,000 in existing federal asset forfeiture funds (Fund 112) for Fiscal Year 2017-18, and allocate these funds towards the purchase of specified equipment for the Police Department SWAT team.

DISCUSSION

The Police Department received approval in Fiscal Year 2017-18 budget to utilize law enforcement restricted funds to purchase four (4) replacement sniper rifles for the SWAT team. The Department now requests that federal asset forfeiture funds be appropriated from the existing cash balance in Fund 112 (Forfeit/Seizure-Federal) and allocated towards the purchase of replacement scopes for all four new rifles, and night vision sights and laser sights for two of the rifles.

 

The SWAT team's current rifle scopes are old technology and do not have night vision capabilities or laser sights. Purchasing the requested equipment will enable SWAT operators to be more effective during critical incidents that occur during hours of darkness, and will keep the team's equipment current with existing technology.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

Funds in the requested amount are available in the cash balance of Fund 112; there will be no burden on the General Fund.

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the City Council;

 

  • Appropriate $22,000 in existing federal asset forfeiture funds (Fund 112) for Fiscal Year 2017-18; and

 

  • Allocate these funds towards the purchase of equipment for the Police Department SWAT team.

 

 

By:  Courtney Allison, Fiscal Analyst