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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 19, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH IN- CUSTODY <br />TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC. <br />FOR PRISONER TRANSPORT <br />SERVICES <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1,314 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />I'_11IN00 04�7 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on Ist Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 21d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with In- Custody <br />Transportation Service, Inc. to provide prisoner transportation services for Santa Ana Jail inmates <br />and arrestees, for a three year period beginning May 1, 2016 through April 20, 2019, in an amount <br />not to exceed $410,544, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Jail personnel and patrol officers must conduct hospital guard for Santa Ana arrestees who are <br />injured or require medical attention following their arrest. The police officers or Jail's transport <br />officers must guard the arrestee until the arrestee is stable enough to be booked at the County jail <br />facility. This may take several hours or possibly several days, depending on the arrestee's medical <br />condition. In many cases, Jail housing units are required to be locked down so on -duty Jail <br />personnel can be sent to guard the arrestee at the hospital. When Jail staffing levels are critically <br />low, patrol officers are taken from the field to guard arrestees at the hospital. This option takes the <br />patrol officer from their assigned patrol areas. Overtime is also often paid for this hospital guard <br />coverage when patrol and Jail operations are unable to send an on -duty officer because of low <br />staffing levels. <br />Under the current agreement with the United States Marshal's Office, the Jail is also required to <br />transport inmates to and from the Santa Ana Jail facility to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse <br />in Los Angeles and the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Santa Ana, approximately five days <br />per week. The US Marshal's office provides some reimbursement for this task, however the <br />transport duties are conducted on overtime and the reimbursement does not cover the full cost of <br />each transport. <br />Staff researched the option of having a contracted transport agency provide hospital guard services and <br />prisoner transport services as a cost savings alternative. A transport provider would not only allow the <br />25G -1 <br />