File #: ID 2018-505    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/2018 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 9/26/2018 Final action: 9/26/2018
Title: APPROVING A DONATION OF $4,800.00 TO "CRIME STOPPERS OF BROWARD COUNTY", PROVIDING FOR FUNDING FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
Attachments: 1. RESOLUTION, 2. BACKGROUND, 3. CORRESPONDENCE

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Samuel A. May, City Manager

 

DATE:                     September 26, 2018

 

 

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APPROVING A DONATION OF $4,800.00 TO “CRIME STOPPERS OF BROWARD COUNTY”, PROVIDING FOR FUNDING FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.

 

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BACKGROUND:

In accordance with the Florida Contraband Act, the Margate Police Department is required to expend or donate no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the fiscal years total collection of state forfeiture funds to a charitable organization within the guidelines of Florida State Statute 932.7055.

 

This organization has a close working relationship with the Margate Police Department.  We have continual basis for crime tips and have been in partnership with them for over 25 years.

 

Broward County Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization dedicated to solving and preventing crime in Broward County Florida. Crime Stoppers serves as a clearinghouse for tips, and acts as a liaison between anonymous citizens and law enforcement agencies.  The program’s success is dependent on community involvement.

                                                            

FISCAL IMPACT:                              Law Enforcement Trust Fund

                                                                        118-1810-521.82.20 (State)

 

RECOMMENDATION:  Approval

 

CONTACT PERSON:     Jonathan Shaw, Acting Chief of Police