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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />RECOGNIZING EQUITABLE SHARING <br />FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL <br />DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO.1.3) <br />�! r <br />ll� r <br />ITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />•I:• <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $474,316 in the Equitable Sharing — <br />DOJ revenue account (no. 16614002 — 57410 ) and appropriate same to the Equitable <br />Sharing — DOJ expenditure accounts (nos. 16614450 -various) for the 2017-18 fiscal year. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $172,695 in the Equitable Sharing — <br />DOJ revenue accounts (nos. 16614002 — various) and appropriate same to the Equitable <br />Sharing — DOJ expenditure accounts (nos. 16614450 -various) for the 2018-19 fiscal year. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program encompasses the seizure and forfeiture of <br />assets that represent the proceeds of, or were used to facilitate federal crimes. The primary <br />mission of the Program is to employ asset forfeiture capabilities in a manner that enhances public <br />safety and security. This is accomplished by removing the proceeds of crime and other assets <br />relied upon by criminals and their associates to perpetuate their criminal activity against our <br />society. Asset forfeiture has the ability to disrupt or dismantle criminal organizations that would <br />continue to function if we only convicted and incarcerated specific individuals. <br />The Santa Ana Police Department participates in the Orange County Regional Narcotics <br />Suppression Program (RNSP). It is the primary mission of RNSP to target, investigate, and <br />prosecute individuals who organize, direct, finance, or otherwise engage in high-level (major) <br />illicit drug trafficking enterprises or money laundering operations. A high priority is placed on <br />those subjects who are engaged in the importation of illegal drugs into or through Orange County <br />and the interdiction of such illicit trafficking pipelines. An adoption occurs when a local agency or <br />task force seizes property and requests one of the federal seizing agencies to adopt the seizure <br />and proceed with federal forfeiture. Once the cases are adjudicated, participating agencies <br />receive a percentage of the forfeited funds. <br />20A-1 <br />