CC RESOLUTION 4863RESOLUTION NO. 4863
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE CITIZENS OPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY (COPS)
PROGRAM.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the city of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. Senate Bill 823 (SB 823) (Poochigian — Local law enforcement funding) was
chaptered into law on April 6, 2002 for supplemental local law enforcement funding
pursuant to the bill;
B. SB 823 provides $100,000,000 statewide for the Citizens for Public Safety (COPS)
Program;
C. The County of Los Angeles has established a Supplemental Law Enforcement
Service Fund (SLESF) in accordance with Section 30061 of the Government Code
to receive SB 823 funds which have been allocated for use in Los Angeles County;
D. The City of El Segundo participates in the COPS Program and receives its share
of any funds available for the purpose of ensuring public safety; and
E. The City has established its own Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Fund
(SLESF) in accordance with Section 30061 of the Government Code;
F. The City Council has conducted a public hearing to consider funding requests from
the Chief of Police and shall determine the submitted requests as required by SB
823.
SECTION 2: The City Council directs that the City maintain its own Supplemental Law
Enforcement Service Fund (SLESF) as required pursuant to Government Code §§ 30061 and
30063.
SECTION 3. The City Council requests that the City's share of the funding be allocated to
SLESF for purposes of front -line law enforcement.
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effective unless repealed or superseded.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 4th day of February, 2014.
ill Fisher,
Mayor
ATTEST:
f
Tracy Wea er,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS
Mark D. Hensley
By:
Karl FrBerger
Assistant City Att