To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Robert Plummer, Police Chief
Prepared By: Gary Pitkin, Lieutenant
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Asset Forfeiture Funds
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Approve a revenue budget increase of $98,000 and an expenditure budget increase of $98,000 in the Non-Recurring General Fund, which represents the receipt and future usage of Civil Asset Forfeiture funds, as documented in Budget Adjustment Form No. BE2110501.
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DISCUSSION:
The City of Napa has received asset forfeiture funds from adjudicated investigations wherein monies and/or real properties were seized pursuant to California Health & Safety ("H&S") Code Sections 11470(f), 11470(g), and 11488. H&S Code Section 11489 authorizes the City to use these forfeited funds to support the City's law enforcement efforts; and the City is prohibited from using these funds to supplant any local or state funds. The Police Department plans to use the forfeited funds to pay for items that are not currently budgeted (and thus, not supplanted) including ammunition, helmets, fitness equipment, a drone and drone training.
Assets, including cash and real properties, are most often seized and processed by members of the Napa Special Investigations Bureau (NSIB), a countywide drug and human trafficking task force. The Napa Police Department is an active participant in NSIB.
Assets seized pursuant to asset forfeiture statues by NSIB and/or other law enforcement agencies (LEAs) within Napa County are most often released to NSIB for further investigation and processing. The funds seized by local LEAs are deposited by NSIB into separate interest-bearing accounts with the County Treasurer's Office with jurisdiction, most often Napa County. The matter is prosecuted by the District Attorney's Office with jurisdiction, again most often the Napa County District Attorney's Office.
Upon adjudication of the forfeiture, a notice is sent by the DA's Office to the County Auditor's Office...
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