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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
AUGUST 24, 2011
TITLE:
DONATION OF EQUIPMENT TO
NAHUIZALCO AND SONSONATE,
EL SALVADOR
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
? As Recommended
? As Amended
? Ordinance on 151 Reading
? Ordinance on 2"d Reading
? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing For_
CONTINUED TO
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CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the donation of one patrol vehicle from the Santa Ana Police Department to the
municipality of Nahuizalco (El Salvador) and 50 bullet-proof vests to the police delegations of
Nahuizalco and Sonsonate (El Salvador) and Municipal Police of Sonsonate.
DISCUSSION
The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) has been participating in a partnership exchange
program with the cities of Sonsonate and Nahuizalco, El Salvador to share community policing
experiences. The partnership is made possible through the Municipal Alliances for the
Prevention of Violence in Central America (AMUPREV) Program that is financed by the United
States Agency of International Development (USAID) and implemented by International
City/County Management Association (ICMA).
The program has proven to be successful and the SAPD would like to further the relationship by
donating equipment to Nahuizalco and Sonsonate. This is equipment that can no longer be used
by the SAPD due to internal regulations and would otherwise be disposed. The equipment
includes a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria with lights and 50 bullet-proof vests that will be distributed in
the following way: The patrol vehicle will be donated to the Municipality of Nahuizalco, 20 vests
for the police delegation of Sonsonate, 20 vests for the police delegation of Nahuizalco and 10
vests for the Municipal Police of Sonsonate. The Civil National Police is responsible for policing
all the cities in El Salvador. Some cities, such as Sonsonate, also have a Municipal Police
Department.
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Donation of Equipment to
El Salvador
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FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact to the City of Santa Ana. The Civil National Police of El Salvador
will make arrangements for the shipment and receipt of the donations and will distribute the
equipment as designated. Since the donation is being handled by the Civil National Police of El
Salvador, it will not be subject to the payment of taxes or other import restrictions.
Paul M. Walters
Chief of Police
Police Department
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