CC RESOLUTION 4882RESOLUTION NO. 4882
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remain effective unless repealed or superseded.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 19th day of August, 2014.
Suzann Fuentes,
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tracy Ve er,
City Clerk