2020-077 - Agreement Between Former Police Officer Michael Heitmann

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TB 10.6.2020 RESOLUTION NO. 2020-077 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FORMER POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL HEITMANN AND THE CITY OF SANTA ANA RELATING TO HIS PURCHASE OF A POLICE K-9 AND ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF POLICE K-9 ANIMAL, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 PROGRAM BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. WHEREAS, former Officer Michael Heitman ("former Officer") was a police officer with the City of Santa Ana and was assigned as a K-9 Officer in the Canine Unit; and B. WHEREAS, the City assigned a dog named Pepper to the K-9 program and Pepper was assigned to former Officer; and C. WHEREAS, Pepper has served the Santa Ana Police Department for several years g and Pepper is 10 years old, a normal retirement age for police service dogs. Based upon her age and current physical condition, it would be impractical to reassign Pepper to a new canine handler to attend Basic Handlers Course and to put Pepper back in service; and D. WHEREAS, former Officer requested permission to purchase Pepper and the City is agreeable to selling Pepper to Officer due to their relationship as Pepper's handler; and E. WHEREAS, the Police K-9 program is replacing Pepper with new donated K-9, Baldur; and F. WHEREAS, community members contribute funding and supplies to enhance the K-9 program and Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who volunteers up to 30 hours per week in the Investigations Division at Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) and who has a passion for animals and the Department's K-9 program, wishes to donate to one Police K-9, Baldur, to the Santa Ana Police Department; and G. WHEREAS, Baldur will be trained and certified under the SAPD's program with Resolution 2020-077 Page 1 of 3