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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2834 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CREATING THE CLASSIFICATION TITLE OF POLICE COMMISSIONER AND DESIGNATING THE CLASSIFICATION AS THAT OF A PEACE OFFICER PURSUANT TO PENAL CODE SECTION 830.6(a)(2). THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Section 700 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana provides that the City Council may establish by ordinance the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties, and compensation of all officers and employees of the City. B. The City's public safety operations frequently work in conjunction with and perform operations with various regional, state and federal agencies and special law enforcement task forces. Such agencies include, but are not limited to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Agency, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, the United States Attorney General and the California Bureau of Investigations. C. As part of its overall governance of the City of Santa Ana the City Council finds that it must be informed of the ongoing nature of the above- referenced operations. Further, the Council believes that additional management support should be provided to the joint law enforcement operations as set forth above. Additionally, the Council finds that it is vital to the ongoing operations of the public safety operations of the City that the current relationships with the above-referenced state and federal agencies be maintained and enforced. D. The City Council believes that the goals of maintaining and strengthening these ongoing joint operations and relationships, and the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the laws of this state would be furthered by the addition of a Police Commissioner position within the office of the City Manager. The City Council further finds that due to the nature of the law enforcement activities involved, the position of Police Ordinance No. NS-2834 Page 1 of 4