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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 3, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />DONATION OF SURPLUS <br />LAW ENFORCEMENT <br />EQUIPMENT TO CITY OF <br />SONSONATE,EL VADOR <br />C ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the Acting Police Chief to donate surplus or expired but <br />serviceable police equipment to the City of Sonsonate, El Salvador. <br />DISCUSSION <br />For the last two years, the City of Santa Ana and the City of Sonsonate, El Salvador have <br />established an exchange program through International City /County Management Association to <br />foster education, including community policing efforts, and cultural awareness in both cities. As <br />part of this program and through funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, in <br />March 2011, police personnel along with Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero and Councilmember Sarmiento <br />visited Sonsonate to share best practices regarding violence prevention and community <br />collaboration between the citizens of Santa Ana and Sonsonate. Santa Ana Police Department <br />personnel also provided technical assistance on Community Policing to the Salvadoran National <br />Police. <br />On November 13, 2012 Acting Chief of Police Carlos Rojas received a letter from the Mayor of <br />Sonsonate, Jose Roberto Aquino Ruiz, detailing the outdated equipment used by his police <br />officers and the fact that they do not have the appropriate equipment to aid them in their goal of <br />reducing community violence. In his letter, Mayor Ruiz requested any excess law enforcement <br />equipment that the City of Santa Ana was no longer using. <br />The City of Santa Ana possesses shirts, trousers, belt keepers, baton keepers, ammunition <br />pouches, "Sam Browne" leather belts, handcuff cases, mace holders, and handgun holsters <br />which are no longer used by the Police Department because they are surplus or expired. This <br />equipment cannot be sold as surplus and is the type of surplus property that would be subject to <br />destruction by the City. As donation of these items would foster goodwill toward the citizens of <br />Sonsonate, and promote its educational affiliation, community policing ideals, and relationship <br />with the City of Sonsonate, staff recommends donating this surplus or expired equipment for use <br />by its police department. <br />55A -1 <br />