19C - DONATION - PD EQUIPMENT TO EL SALVADOR

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: AUGUST 24, 2011 TITLE: DONATION OF EQUIPMENT TO NAHUIZALCO AND SONSONATE, EL SALVADOR CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 151 Reading ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO \.J ?/?t- FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the donation of one patrol vehicle from the Santa Ana Police Department to the municipality of Nahuizalco (El Salvador) and 50 bullet-proof vests to the police delegations of Nahuizalco and Sonsonate (El Salvador) and Municipal Police of Sonsonate. DISCUSSION The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) has been participating in a partnership exchange program with the cities of Sonsonate and Nahuizalco, El Salvador to share community policing experiences. The partnership is made possible through the Municipal Alliances for the Prevention of Violence in Central America (AMUPREV) Program that is financed by the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) and implemented by International City/County Management Association (ICMA). The program has proven to be successful and the SAPD would like to further the relationship by donating equipment to Nahuizalco and Sonsonate. This is equipment that can no longer be used by the SAPD due to internal regulations and would otherwise be disposed. The equipment includes a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria with lights and 50 bullet-proof vests that will be distributed in the following way: The patrol vehicle will be donated to the Municipality of Nahuizalco, 20 vests for the police delegation of Sonsonate, 20 vests for the police delegation of Nahuizalco and 10 vests for the Municipal Police of Sonsonate. The Civil National Police is responsible for policing all the cities in El Salvador. Some cities, such as Sonsonate, also have a Municipal Police Department. 19C-1