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Commissioner should be designated as one having full peace officer powers under Penal Code section 830.6(a) (2). E. The Request for Council Action for this ordinance dated June 4, 2012, shall by this reference be incorporated herein, and together with this ordinance, any amendments or supplements and the oral testimony before the City Council at this meeting, shall additionally constitute the necessary findings for this ordinance. F. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of Section 418 of the City Charter. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. Role and qualifications of the Police Commissioner classification are as follows: A. It shall be the responsibility of the Police Commissioner to assist in maintaining and strengthening the relationship between the City, and in particular its police department, and the regional, state and federal agencies, departments, bureaus and task forces with which it currently operates, and further, to encourage new relationships with additional public safety related agencies, departments and bureaus. The Police Commissioner shall assist the City, and in particular the police department, in ongoing law enforcement operations in conjunction with the outside agencies and departments, local, regional, state and federal, in the prevention and detection of crime and the general enforcement of the laws of this state. B. The Police Commissioner shall act as the principal representative of the City in relation to outside regional, state and federal agencies, subject to his delegation of duties as may be necessary and appropriate. The position of Police Commissioner shall be assigned to the Department of the City Manager. C. The City Council may appoint an officer of the City in the classification of City Manager as Police Commissioner and said appointment will be served in conjunction therewith and the combined duties performed therein. In such occurrence, the appointee shall serve as Police Commissioner without additional compensation from that received as an officer of the City in the classification City Manager. D. The appointed classification of Police Commissioner shall require qualifications including a law enforcement background and experience in upper level municipal and law enforcement organization management. The Police Commissioner must also be eligible for, and in fact be appointed as a reserve police officer of the City under the provisions of California Penal code section 830.6(a)(2). Ordinance No. NS-2834 Page 2 of 4