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RESOLUTION NO.2013- <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />AUTHORIZING THE DONATION OF A SURPLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT <br />EQUIPMENT TO THE CITY OF SONSONATE, EL SALVADOR <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Santa <br />Ana: <br />SECTION 1. Findings. <br />A. For the last two years, the City of Santa Ana and the City of Sonsonate, El <br />Salvador have established an exchange program through ICMA (International City/County <br />Management Association) to foster education, including community policing efforts, and cultural <br />awareness in both cities. As part of this program and through funding from the U.S. Agency for <br />International Development, in March 2011, police personnel along with Mayor Pro Tem Tinajero <br />and Councilmember Sarmiento visited Sonsonate to share best practices regarding violence <br />prevention and community collaboration between the citizens of Santa Ana and Sonsonate. <br />Santa Ana Police Department personnel also provided technical assistance on Community <br />Policing to the Salvadoran National Police. <br />B. On November 13, 2012 Acting Chief of Police Carlos Rojas received a <br />letter from the Mayor of Sonsonate, Jose Roberto Aquino Ruiz, detailing the outdated equipment <br />used by his police officers and the fact that they do not have the appropriate equipment to aid <br />them in their goal of reducing community violence. In his letter, Mayor Ruiz requested any <br />excess law enforcement equipment that the City of Santa Ana was no longer using. <br />C. Recently, the City of Santa Ana determined that 20 shirts without patches, <br />20 trousers without patches, 10 jackets without patches, 365 belt keepers, 24 baton keepers, 20 <br />ammo pouches, 6 Sam Browne leather belts, 12 handcuff cases, 20 mace holders, and 5 holsters <br />("law enforcement equipment") are no longer needed by the City's Police Department and <br />should be declared surplus. <br />D. This equipment cannot be sold as surplus and is the type of surplus <br />property that would be subject to destruction by the City. <br />E. The City of Santa Ana, by and through the Santa Ana Police Department, <br />wishes to donate the surplus equipment to the City of Sonsonate's Police Department. <br />F. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana believes such a donation would <br />foster goodwill toward the citizens of Sonsonate, promote its educational affiliation, community <br />policing ideals, and relationship with the City of Sonsonate. <br />55A-3