HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-002 - Accepting the Donation of Tactical Medical EquipmentTB 1.19.2021
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-002
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF TACTICAL
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO THE SANTA ANA POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Police Department ("SAPD") provides Tactical
Emergency Casualty Care ("TECC") training through the Urban Area Security
Initiative ("UASI") grant program; and
B. WHEREAS, TECC training is geared toward preparing SAPID officers to
provide life-saving interventions and better serve the community in the event of
an active shooter or mass casualty incident response; and
C. WHEREAS, TMS equipment has been field-tested by Santa Ana Police
Department TECC instructors, who confirmed the equipment is consistent with
the equipment provided to our officers through UASI for TECC training; and
D. WHEREAS, SAPD issues a set of Tactical Medical Solutions ("TMS") tactical
medical equipment to each officer who completes the TECC training; and
E. WHEREAS, Cops Direct, a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, supplies law
enforcement agencies within the United States with fully stocked emergency
medical kits to handle medical emergencies and supplies this equipment at no
expense to the requesting agency; and
F. WHEREAS, Cops Direct wishes to donate 300 Patrol Trauma Response Kits
(belt worn), 12 Original Active Response Kits (mass casualty backpacks), and
12 Foxtrot DA Litters (casualty evacuation carriers) to the SAPID;
G. WHEREAS, the total value of the donated equipment is $39,957; and
H. WHEREAS, the acceptance of this donation enhances the SAPD's response
capabilities by providing a more portable individual field kit, a mass casualty
blowout bag, and an improved ability to evacuate casualties.
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Section 2. The City hereby accepts the donation of 300 Patrol Trauma Response
Kits (belt worn), 12 Original Active Response Kits (mass casualty backpacks), and 12
Foxtrot DA Litters (casualty evacuation carriers).
Section 3. If section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Resolution, and each
and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be
declared invalid.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
ADOPTED this 19th day of January, 2021.
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Vicente Sarmiento
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
14& By:
Tamara Bogosian
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Bacerra Hernandez, Lopez, Mendoza, Phan,
Penaloza Sarmiento (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2021-002 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on January 19, 2021.
Date:
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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