HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-017 - Accepting the Donation of a Police K-9 AnimalRESOLUTION NO. 2021-017
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF POLICE K-
9 ANIMAL, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES, AND FUNDING FOR
TRAINING FROM JOHANNA SCILLIERI FOR THE SANTA
ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 PROGRAM
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 ("Department") does not
currently maintain a K-9 Narcotics Detection Program ("Program") and has
implemented the use of such K-9 resources via the assistance of neighboring
law enforcement agencies; and
B. WHEREAS, the Department will initiate its own K-9 Narcotics Detection
Program to provide a valuable narcotics detection resource to assist the
Department's Vice/Narcotics Unit; and
C. WHEREAS, the addition of this Program will assist the Department in
identifying areas in which narcotics are sold that present a blight on the
community; and
D. WHEREAS, the implementation of this Program will also assist in the seizing
narcotics and reducing the amount of investigation hours; and
E. WHEREAS, community members contribute funding and supplies to enhance
the K-9 program and Police Volunteer Johanna Scillieri, who volunteers up to
30 hours per week in the Investigations Bureau at Santa Ana Police
Department (SAPD) and who has a passion for animals and the Department's
K-9 program, wishes to donate one Police K-9, Poppy, to the Santa Ana Police
Department; and
F. WHEREAS, Poppy will be trained and certified under the SAPD's program with
Centurion K-9 Training and will serve in the Department's K-9 Narcotics
Detection Program; and
G. WHEREAS, the total cost to Ms. Scillieri to purchase Poppy, including
equipment and supplies which she will donate to SAPID is approximately
$7,715.11; and
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H. WHEREAS, the costs for the basic handlers training course for the K-9
Narcotics Detection Program is $5,000 and Ms. Scillieri will make a one-time
donation in the amount of $5,000 to fund this training; and
I. WHEREAS, the total value for the donation by Ms. Scilleri is approximately
$12,715.11.
Section 2. The City hereby accepts the donation of Poppy, to its ranks, and the
training, equipment and supplies for this K-9, and its handler, for the K-9 Narcotics
Detection Program.
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 6th day of April 2021.
Vicente Sarmiento
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R.
CaryCity Attorney
By:
Tamara Bogosian
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
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AYES: Councilmembers Bacerra, Hernandez, Lopez, Mendoza, Phan
Penaloza, Sarmiento (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
None
(0)
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers
None
(0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2021-017 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on April 6, 2021.
VY
Date: 04/08/2021
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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