AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: March 15, 2022
Item Number:
To:
F-15
Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Mark G. Stainbrook, Chief of Police
Subject: APPROVAL OF AN APPROPRIATION OF $210,000 FROM SEIZED AND FORFEITED PROPERTY-TREASURY FUND (FUND 323) TO
ENHANCE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
Attachment: None
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approves an appropriation of $210,000 from Fund 323 fund balance for Police Department purchases as follows:
Account Item Amount
32302105-731700 State Mandated Use of Force, Strategic Communications, and De-escalation training programs for all sworn personnel $90,000 32302105-740300 Outer carrier vests for all sworn personnel $120,000 Total $210,000
INTRODUCTION
The City of Beverly Hills participates in the Department of the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Program. Federal law authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to share federally forfeited property with participating state and local law enforcement agencies.
DISCUSSION
The Police Department has identified law enforcement training and equipment needs that are permissible uses of Treasury forfeiture proceeds. These restricted funds have been received as a result of federal asset seizures and may only be used to increase or Meeting Date: March 15, 2022
supplement the resources of the Police Department. Treasury forfeiture proceeds cannot be used to replace or supplant the appropriated resources of the Police Department.
FISCAL IMPACT
The costs associated with these items total $210,000 and will be purchased with funds available in the Seized and Forfeited Property-Treasury Fund. The current available and unappropriated fund balance of the Seized and Forfeited Property-Treasury Fund is $300,000.
Jeff Muir,
Director of Finance
Mark G. Stainbrook,
Chief of Police
Approved By Approved By