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nature of the law enforcement activities involved, the position of Police <br />Commissioner should be designated as one having full peace officer <br />powers under Penal Code section 830.6(a) (2). <br />E. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated June 4, 2012, <br />shall by this reference be incorporated herein, and together with this <br />ordinance, any amendments or supplements and the oral testimony before <br />the City Council at this meeting, shall additionally constitute the necessary <br />findings for this ordinance. <br />F. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein <br />are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 <br />of the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the <br />Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new <br />action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are <br />repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. <br />Section 2. Role and qualifications of the Police Commissioner classification are <br />as follows: <br />A. It shall be the responsibility of the Police Commissioner to assist in <br />maintaining and strengthening the relationship between the City, and in particular its police <br />department, and the regional, state and federal agencies, departments, bureaus and task <br />forces with which it currently operates, and further, to encourage new relationships with <br />additional public safety related agencies, departments and bureaus. The Police <br />Commissioner shall assist the City, and in particular the police department, in ongoing law <br />enforcement operations in conjunction with the outside agencies and departments, local, <br />regional, state and federal, in the prevention and detection of crime and the general <br />enforcement of the laws of this state. <br />B. The Police Commissioner shall act as the principal representative of the City <br />in relation to outside regional, state and federal agencies, subject to his delegation of <br />duties as may be necessary and appropriate. The position of Police Commissioner shall <br />be assigned to the Department of the City Manager. <br />C. The City Council may appoint an officer of the City in the classification of <br />City Manager as Police Commissioner and said appointment will be served in conjunction <br />therewith and the combined duties performed therein. In such occurrence, the appointee <br />shall serve as Police Commissioner without additional compensation from that received as <br />an officer of the City in the classification City Manager. <br />D. The appointed classification of Police Commissioner shall require <br />qualifications including a law enforcement background and experience in upper level <br />municipal and law enforcement organization management. The Police Commissioner <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />11 B-2