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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/police <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 7, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account Funds <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Appropriation Adjustment Recognizing $674,887 in Supplemental Law <br />Enforcement Services Account Funds and Spending Plan (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $674,887 in Law Enforcement <br />Grants revenue account and appropriate same to the Supplemental Law <br />Enforcement Services Fund expenditure account. (Requires five affirmative votes) <br />2. Approve use of the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account funds for <br />frontline municipal police services as included within this staff report. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 1996, the California State Assembly Bill 3229 established the Citizens Option for <br />Public Safety (COPS) program and the creation of a Supplemental Law Enforcement <br />Services Fund (SLESF). The purpose of SLESF was to provide funding to local <br />government to supplement public safety services. Funding allocations are based on <br />annual estimated population figures for respective counties and cities. In 2011, the <br />SLESF became known as the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account <br />(SLESA). <br />SLESA funds can only be used to fund frontline law enforcement services and must <br />supplement existing services and not supplant any current funding. These funds can be <br />used for salaries, services, supplies, equipment, and administrative overhead. CA <br />Government Code Sections 30061-30063 (Chapter 6.7 Supplemental Local Law <br />Enforcement Funding) requires the City Council to appropriate existing and anticipated <br />funds in accordance with written requests submitted by the Chief of Police. <br />Adoption of the FY 2022-23 annual budget included $829,970 in SLESA funds received <br />in prior fiscal years. The Police Department requests the approval of an appropriation <br />adjustment to recognize additional funds received in the amount of $674,887. The total