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Federal LECFTF Funding for Special Investigations Division (NB)
Explanation
The request of confidential funds will be for the purchase of illegal narcotics and investigative expenses. The expenditure request for the Confidential Funds Enhancement is $25,000.
The Public Safety Committee discussed this funding with GPD staff at its January 10, 2008 meeting. The Committee approved this expenditure.
Fiscal Note
Funds in the amount of $25,000 for this expenditure are available in the Federal Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund and is allowable per Federal 21 U.S.C. () 881, found in the U.S. Department of Justice "A Guide to Equitable Sharing of Federally Forfeited Property for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies". The balance in the account is $973,509.19
Recommendation
The City Commission approve the appropriation of the amount of $25,000 from the Federal Law Enforcement Contraband Forfeiture Trust Fund for the Special Investigations Division Confidential Funds Enhancement.
Alternative Recommendation A: The City Commission authorize partial funding.
Alternative Recommendation B: The City Commission deny funding.