2021-017 - Accepting the Donation of a Police K-9 Animal

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RESOLUTION 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 Resolution 2021-017 Page 1 of 3