CC RESOLUTION 4275RESOLUTION NO. 4275
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED
MOIU AUTHORIZING LA IMPACT TO TARGET, INVESTIGATE,
AND PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS ENGAGING IN ACTS
CONSTITUTING TERRORISM.
BE TT RESOLVED by the Council of the city of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. In 1991, Los Angeles County cities approved of a joint powers agreement
and memorandum of understanding for LA Impact (collectively, "MOU ");
B. LA Impact's original mission was to promote coordinated law
enforcement efforts against, among other things, drug dealing and money
laundering. To accomplish this mission, LA Impact (among other things)
promoted convictions and assets forfeiture through task force
methodologies;
C. Because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the City Council
believes it is in the public interest to support all efforts directed toward
investigating and convicting persons engaging in terrorism;
D. LA Impact is one tool that can be effectively used to combat terrorism
within Los Angeles County. Accordingly, the City Council believes it
will promote the public health, safety, and welfare to amend LA Impact's
MOU to facilitate law enforcement's efforts to prevent terrorism.
SECTION 2: In light of the findings set forth in this Resolution, the City Council
amends the MOU's mission statement in its entirety to read as follows:
"The Mission of the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police
Apprehension Crime Task Force is to promote coordinated law
enforcement efforts, and to address emerging criminal justice issues
throughout the Los Angeles County area, encouraging maximum
cooperation between all law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, and
insuring the safety of both police personnel and the public, accomplished
in an efficient manner within constitutional guidelines.
Initially L.A. Impact will target, investigate and prosecute individuals who
organize, direct, finance, or otherwise engage in medium -to -high level
drug trafficking enterprises or money laundering, placing a high priority
on those subjects engaged in the importation of drugs into Los Angeles
County, and to interdict such illicit supply lines and seize their drugs.
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L.A. Impact is also established to identify and ultimately convict medium -
to -high level drug traffickers and to seize assets derived through drug
trafficking through the effective methods of a task force approach.
Additionally L.A. Impact, as a separate and distinct mission, separately
funded or as may be authorized by participating member agencies, shall
cooperatively and jointly target;, investigate and prosecute individuals who
engage in any activity relating to terrorism and criminal activity which
threatens the public health, safety and welfare of citizens. This
Amendment shall be effective when fifty percent (50 %) plus one (1) of the
cities with eligible police departments adopt by council action, the MOU
as amended and restated herein, but only as to those cities who do so."
SECTION 3:, The Police Chief, or designee, is authorized to act as the City's exclusive
agent and representative to the Task Force and, further authorizes the Chief, with
respect to drug trafficking, to allocate personnel and financial resources in
accordance with the MOU and applicable provisions of law concerning asset
seizures and forfeitures; and further, with respect to terrorist and criminal activity,
to allocate personnel and financial resources in accordance with the MOU and as
may be funded separately or authorized by the City Council.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution; record
this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions; and make a minute
of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the minutes of
this meeting.
SECTION 5: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and
will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _lstday of October , 2002.
Mike Gordon,
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
SS
1, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 4 2:7 � was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the Is t day of October , 2002, and
the same was so passed and adopted by the following roll call vote;
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, Gaines, McDowell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Wernick
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Cindy Mortesen,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS'
Mark D. HensJ, ,
By: �GSi
arl H. Berger
Assistant City 00rhe
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