HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1293ORDINANCE NO. NS~293
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING ARTICLE V TO CHAPTER 10 OF THE
SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING
A SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FUND
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is
hereby amended by adding an Article, to be numbered V, to
Chapter 10 thereof, consisting of sections numbered 10-250
through 10-253 inclusive, and reading as follows:
ARTICLE V. SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT
SERVICES FUND
Sec. 10-250. Establishment.
The Director of Finance shall maintain as a separate
fund a Special Enforcement Services Fund, consisting of such
amounts derived from the general fund revenues of the City as
the City Council shall from time to time determine, withdrawals
from such fund shall be by police department personnel pursuant
to the regulations set forth in this Article and shall be made
solely for the purpose of investigation of narcotics law viola-
tions.
Sec. 10-251. Disbursements - designated payees.
The Director of Finance shall not disburse any amounts
from the Special Enforcement Services Fund except by check issued
and payable to a police officer designated by the Chief of Police
as the Special Investigations Section Commander or the Special
Investigations Section Sergeant. The Chief of Police shall designate
such officers by written memorandum to the Director of Finance
prior to any disbursement.
Sec. 10-252. Same - written requests.
The Director of Finance shall not disburse any amounts
from the Special Enforcement Services Fund except upon a written
request signed by the Chief of Police or, in his absence, by the
Investigation Division Commander, presented to the Director of
Finance by the designated Special Investigations Section Comman-
der or Special Investigations Section Sergeant, and stating the
amount of money requested, the police department case number,
and the name of the person to whom the check should be made pay-
able.
Sec. 10-253. Operational regulations.
Cash and currency held by police department personnel
upon the cashing of any check drawn upon the Special Enforce-
ment Services Fund shall be held subject to the following require-
ments:
(a) The Special Investigations Section Commander shall
be responsible for maintaining custody of the money until it is
returned to the Director of Finance;
(b) When not in actual use, the money shall be kept
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in a safe located in the office of the Special Investigation
Section Commander;
(c) Money being used by an officer during an inves-
tigation shall not leave the possession of the officer at any
time;
(d) During an investigation, the officer in posses-
sion of the money shall be kept under visual surveillance by
other officers at all times;
(e) Money shall be returned to the Director of Finance
within four days of the date of disbursement, exclusive of week-
ends and holidays.
The Chief of Police shall establish detailed operational guide-
lines consistent with the above requirements prior to withdrawal
of any amounts from the Special Enforcement Services Fund.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of
the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 17th .
day of February , 1976.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 2nd day of ~ February ,
1976, and was again considered by said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 17th day of ~Februar¥ ,
1976, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Evans, Ward, Bricken, 0rtiz,
Yamamoto, Garthe, Brandt
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
KEITH L. GOW,
CITY ATTORNEY