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<br />Resolution 2021-xxx <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />TB 4.6.2021 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2021-xxx <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF A POLICE K-9 ANIMAL, EQUIPMENT <br />SUPPLIES, AND FUNDING FOR TRAINING FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI <br />FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 PROGRAM <br /> <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Police Department (“Department”) does not <br />currently maintain a K-9 Narcotics Detection Program (“Program”) and has implemented <br />the use of such K-9 resources via the assistance of neighboring law enforcement <br />agencies; and <br /> <br />B. WHEREAS, the Department will initiate its own K-9 Narcotics Detection <br />Program to provide a valuable narcotics detection resource to assist the Department’s <br />Vice/Narcotics Unit; and <br /> <br />C. WHEREAS, the addition of this Program will assist the Department in <br />identifying areas in which narcotics are sold that present a blight on the community; and <br /> <br />D. WHEREAS, the implementation of this Program will also assist in the <br />seizing narcotics and reducing the amount of investigation hours; and <br /> <br />E. WHEREAS, community members contribute funding and supplies to <br />enhance the K-9 program and Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who volunteers up to <br />30 hours per week in the Investigations Bureau at Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) <br />and who has a passion for animals and the Department’s K-9 program, wishes to donate <br />one Police K-9, Poppy, to the Santa Ana Police Department; and <br /> <br />F. WHEREAS, Poppy will be trained and certified under the SAPD’s program <br />with Centurion K-9 Training and will serve in the Department’s K-9 Narcotics Detection <br />Program; and <br /> <br />G. WHEREAS, the total cost to Ms. Scillieri to purchase Poppy, including <br />equipment and supplies which she will donate to SAPD is approximately $7,715.11; and <br /> <br />H. WHEREAS, the costs for the basic handlers training course for the K-9