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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-025 <br />Ana: <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 />SECTION 1. Findings. <br />A. For the last two years, the City of Santa Ana and the City of <br />Sonsonate, El Salvador have established an exchange program through ICMA <br />(International City/County Management Association) to foster education, including <br />community policing efforts, and cultural awareness in both cities. As part of this <br />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 <br />Sarmiento visited Sonsonate to share best practices regarding violence prevention and <br />community collaboration between the citizens of Santa Ana and Sonsonate. Santa Ana <br />Police Department personnel also provided technical assistance on Community Policing <br />to the Salvadoran National Police. <br />B. On November 13, 2012 Acting Chief of Police Carlos Rojas <br />received a letter from the Mayor of Sonsonate, Jose Roberto Aquino Ruiz, detailing the <br />outdated equipment used by his police officers and the fact that they do not have the <br />appropriate equipment to aid them in their goal of reducing community violence. In his <br />letter, Mayor Ruiz requested any excess law enforcement equipment that the City of <br />Santa Ana was no longer using. <br />C. Recently, the City of Santa Ana determined that 20 shirts without <br />patches, 20 trousers without patches, 10 jackets without patches, 365 belt keepers, 24 <br />baton keepers, 20 ammo pouches, 6 Sam Browne leather belts, 12 handcuff cases, 20 <br />mace holders, and 5 holsters ("law enforcement equipment") are no longer needed by <br />the City's Police Department and 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 <br />Department, wishes to donate the surplus equipment to the City of Sonsonate's Police <br />Department. <br />Resolution No. 2013-025 <br />Page 1 of 2