HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-151RESOLUTION NO. 82-151
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA
ESTABLISHING A RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND APPROVING DESTRUCTION
OF RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH
WHEREAS, except for records affecting title to real prop-
erty or liens thereon, court records, records required to be kept by
statute, records less than two years old and the minutes, ordinances,
or resolutions of the City Council and other City boards or commis-
sions, Government Code Section 34090 authorizes the head of a city
department to destroy any city record, document, instrument, book or
paper, under his charge, without making a copy thereof, after the
same is no longer required, with the approval of the City Council by
resolution and the written consent of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, upon the request of the Chief
of Police, desires to establish a retention schedule for records
under the charge of the Chief of Police and to approve immediate de-
struction of records in accordance therewith; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney of the City of Santa Ana has
filed his written consent with the Clerk of the Council of the City
of Santa Aha;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana:
That the following retention schedule for records, documents,
instruments, books and papers under the .charge of the Chief of Police
is hereby approved in principal, and pursuant to Section 34090 et. seq.
of the Government Code of the State of California, approval is hereby
granted for the immediate destruction of the items listed which, as
of July 1, lg82, have been retained for a minimum of two (2) years
or for the required period of time, whichever is longer:
A. Two-Year Retention Period for Records of:
Subjects arrested for drunk, Penal Code ("PC")
Section. 647(f), unless the reporting officer
indicates that the arrest was for being under the
influence of drugs; i.e. Penal Code Section 647(f)
drugs, then five (5) year retention will apply.
.Subjects arrested for vi.olation of local ordinances
except gambling, pornography and prostitution
violations which will be retained for five (5) years.
All minor traffic offenses and traffic collision
reports. A minor traffic offense is defined as
any traffic offense which is not listed in Attach-
ment A, attached hereto and. incorporated by
reference.
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4. Complaint Incident reports with respect to minor
or non-specific offenses as defined in Attachment
B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference, or classified as "information", will
be retained for two (2) years with approval of a
Section Commander.
B. Five Year Retention Period for Records of:
Misdemeanor arrests not resulting in a conviction
or for which no disposition was received, such re-
tention period begins on the date of arrest.
Retainable arrests which are later termed "deten-
ti on only" under 849(b) PC. Retention period
begins on the date of "detention" (arrest).
Retainable arrests are defined as those arrests
retained by the Department of Justice for rap
sheet entries.
Retainable misdemeanor arrests resulting in a con-
viction for a nonretainable offense, such retention
period begins on the date of arrest.
Misdemeanor and felony crime reports with or with-
out suspects or without arrestees, such retention
starts at date of crime except those felony crimes
with special statute of limitations beyond three
(3) years or life limitations.
C. Seven-Year Retention for Records of:
Misdemeanor arrests resulting in a conviction with
the retention period commencing on the date of
arrest.
D. Modified Lifetime Retention Period
Arrests resulting in a conviction for an offense
where a prior constitutes a felony, for an offense
which would be a felony depending upon disposition,
and for all felony arrests.
When the record indicates the subject has reached
age 70 and has had no arrests since age 60, the
record will be purged. If the individual has been
arrested after age 60, the record will be main-
tained for the applicable retention period if it
extends past the age of 70; or, in the case of a
felony conviction, for a ten (10) year period com-
mencing with the date of release from supervision.
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Arrests not resulting in a conviction or for which
no disposition was received for an offense where
a prior constitutes a felony, or for an offense
which would be a felony depending upon disposition,
such retention is to begin on the date of the arrest.
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Arrest for felonies resulting in a conviction for
a misdemeanor offense, such retention period is
to begin on the date of arrest.
E. Exceptions To Basic Criminal Retention Periods
Records of subjects convicted of offenses requiring
registration under Section 290 of the Penal Code
will be retained for the life of the individual.
Records of subjects sentenced to prison on felony
convictions, then paroled for life, will be main-
tained until the subject has reached the age of
80. At age 80, the Records Section will inquire
of the California Department of Corrections as to
the subject's status. Retention reverts to the
"Modified Lifetime Retention Period", age 70 if
discharged from parole.
¸3.
Records of juveniles committed by juvenile court
to a California Youth Authority (CYA) facility will
be retained until age 25 or five (5) years from
date of release, whichever is longer. Commitments
by an adult court to CYA will be retained for
seven (7) years from the date of arrest. Subject
~o the required two (2) year retention provided by
Government Code Section 34090, the City's policy for
establishing a criminal history record on juveniles
is:
ae
No reports of arrests for Welfare and Institu-
tion Code (WIC) Sections 600 & 601 will be
retained.
be
No WIC Section 602's for nonserious offenses
listed on Attachment II will be retained,
except for CYA commitments.
Ce
All reports of arrests for WIC Section 602
with serious offenses and commitment to CYA
will be held to age 25 and then reviewed by
the Juvenile Section Commander for further
retention.
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When a record exists in Police Department files
showing only out-of-state entries, the record
will be in!mediately pur9ed, except for a conviction
of an offense which, if con~nitted in California,
would be registrable under Penal Code Section 290.
Records of deceased persons will be purged two (2)
years after the date of death, except homicide
victims which will have life retention.
6. All open, unsolved or cleared homicide cases will
have life retention.
ADOPTED THIS 15th day of November , 1982.
Gordon Bricken, Mayor
ATTEST:
~y, Clerk of the Council
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Bricken AYe
Luxembour§er Aye
Acosta Absent
Serrato Ave
Griset Ave
Markel Aye
McGuigan Aye
Approved as to Form:
Edward O. Cdope ,~ity Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 82-151
ATTACHMENT A
RETAINABLE VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS FOR
NEW OFFENDER CONVERSIONS
2O VC
31VC
2261 VC
4463 VC
10501 VC
10552 VC
1O655 VC
10750(a)
1O751 VC
10851 VC -
10851.3 VC
10852 VC -
10853 VC -
10854 VC -
10855 VC -
11500 VC -
11520 VC
11700 VC
11713 VC
11800 VC
11806 VC
14601(a)
20001 VC
20002(a)
23101(a)
23101(b)
23102(a)
23102(b)
- False statements (document)
- Giving false information to peace officer
- Impersonating CHP~Officer
- Forging or altering auto registration, etc.
- False report of theft with intent to deceive
- False report of theft with intent to deceive
- Failure to make report or keep record
VC - Altering or changing vehicle ID number
- Buying, selling, or possessing vehicle with altered number
Taking vehicle without owner's consent
- Theft of binder chains
Tampering with auto
Malicious mischief to auto
Bailee tampering with auto
Embezzling rented auto
Dismantling vehicle without permit
- Dismantling vehicle without notifying DMV
- Dealer, mfg., transporter without license
- False advertising
- Acting as vehicle salesman without license
- False advertising (Now Revocation of License)
VC - Driving with suspended or revoked license
- Hit and run/death or injury, Failure to stop
VC - Hit and run/property damage Failure to stop
VC - Felony drunk driving on highway (Now 23153(a) VC)
VC - Felony drunk driving not on highway (Now 23153(b) VC)
VC - Misdemeanor drunk driving on highway {Now 23152{a) VC}
VC - Misdemeanor drunk driving not on highway {Now 23152{b) VC)
23103 VC - Reckless driving
23104 VC - Reckless driving with injury
'23015(a) VC - Misdemeanor DUI any drug on highway
'23105(b) VC - Misdemeanor DUI any drug not on highway
· 23105(c) VC - Drug addict driving on highway
'23105(e) VC - Misdemeanor DUI any drug with prior
'23106(a) VC - Felony DUI any drug on highway
'23106(b) VC - Felony DUI any dru§ not ~on highway
23109(a) VC - Ille§al speed contest
23109(b) VC - Illegal exhibition of speed
23109(c) VC - Blockin§ road for speed contest
23110(a) VC - Throwing substance at vehicle, misdemeanor
23110(b) VC - Throwing substance at vehicle, felony
* Statute repealed
- Attachment A -
RESOLUTION NO. 82-151
ATTACHMENT B
NONRETAINABLE MINOR AND NONSPECIFIC OFFENSES
Attachment contempt of court (no charge)*
Attempt (no charge given)
Bench warrant (nQ charge given)
Body attachment for default
Bond jumping (no charge given)
Bond Surrender - 1300, 1300.1, 1305, 1305 Penal: Code (no charge given)
California administrative code - minor campground or state park viola-
tions
Court order for appearance - debtor warrent
Court order return
Disorderly
Disorderly conduct, DOC, disorderly conduct drunk, etc.
Drunk in/about vehicle
Enroute or hold (booked in transit, not arrested by the booking juris-
cition)
Ex-con registration - Nevada only
Failure to appear (no charge given)
Failure to appear for civil proceeding
Failure to comply (no charge given)
Failure to identify
Failure to pay fine (no charge given)
General principles
Inquiry
Intoxication only (849(b) PC)**
Investigation
Juvenile (no charge given)
Lodger or sleeper
No driver's license
No driver's license in possession
Order to produce
Order to show cause (no charge given)
Possession of alcohol by minor (25662 B&P Code)
Public resources code - minor campground or state park violations
Suspicion
Trespass
Trustee commitment
Violation of parole (no charge given)
Violation of probation (no charge given)
Witness,. material witness, or.writ of habeas corpus
126 Street and Highway Code
* "Attachment contempt of court" means an order was issued to bring
in the subject.
** This is a disposition rather than an offense.
- Attachment B -.