Item 29 - Donation of a Police K-9 Animal, Equipment and Supplies, and Training

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Resolution 2021-xxx Page 1 of 3 TB 4.6.2021 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-xxx A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF A POLICE K-9 ANIMAL, TRAINING, 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, the Santa Ana Police Department (“Department”) does not currently maintain a K-9 Narcotics Detection Program and has implemented the use of such K-9 resources via the assistance of neighboring law enforcement agencies; and B.WHEREAS, the Department will initiate its own K-9 Narcotics Detection Program to provide a valuable narcotics detection resource to assist the Department’s Vice/Narcotics Unit; and C.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 Bureau at Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) and who has a passion for animals and the Department’s K-9 program, wishes to donate one Police K-9, Poppy, to the Santa Ana Police Department; and D.WHEREAS, Poppy will be trained and certified under the SAPD’s program with Centurion K-9 Training and will serve in the Department’s K-9 Narcotics Detection Program; and E.WHEREAS, the total cost to Ms. Scilleri to purchase Poppy, including training, equipment and supplies which she will donate to SAPD is approximately $7,715.11; and F.WHEREAS, the value to provide the basic handlers training course for the K-9 Narcotics Detection Program and handling of trained K-9 for this Program is $5,000; and G.WHEREAS, the total value for the donation by Ms. Scilleri is approximately $12,715.11. Exhibit 1