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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 7, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT <br />HELICOPTER SERVICES <br />~~(_i <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1~' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the Airborne Law <br />Enforcement Services Joint Powers Authority for law enforcement helicopter <br />services in an annual amount not to exceed $245,000. <br />In October 1994, the City of Santa Ana began participating in the Airborne <br />Law Enforcement Services (ABLE) program. ABLE is a regional helicopter <br />program, which combines the airborne resources of the City of Costa Mesa <br />and the City of Newport Beach to provide enhanced law enforcement services <br />to participating agencies. The intent of the program is to make <br />helicopters more available and affordable to law enforcement agencies <br />throughout the region. <br />Law enforcement helicopters allow the Police Department to continue to <br />provide a rapid and enhanced response to incidents posing the greatest risk <br />to the public, including robberies, burglaries, assaults, and fleeing <br />felons. The agreement provides for services from July 2007 through June <br />2008. A portion of this program is being funded by the Community <br />Development Block Grant Program and will comply with the program <br />regulations. In addition, the Santa Ana Police Department will provide one <br />full-time sworn police pilot/observer to the ABLE program and, in exchange, <br />receive a credit of $150,069 to reduce the cost to $245,000. <br />25F-1 <br />