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RESOLUTION R-1920-100: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $25,000 FROM THE STATE SEIZURE FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE TWO POLICE CANINES, RELATED CANINE EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING.
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BACKGROUND: The mission of the Norman Police Department is to maintain and enhance the quality of life in the City of Norman by protecting life, liberty, property, and keeping the peace. The pursuit of this mission requires specific competencies be acquired and maintained by the personnel delivering police services. The operational goal requires maintaining quality and reliable equipment and tools for the safe, effective, delivery of service.
One area of focus by Norman Police Department investigations that often requires cooperation between State, County, and Federal law enforcement agencies is the efforts to disrupt drug trafficking, criminal theft rings, as well as apprehensions for numerous crimes against persons. To encourage such necessary cooperation, State and Federal laws are on the books that allow cash and properties that are seized from the criminal element when enforcing these laws to be utilized by these law enforcement agencies to further their efforts. On the State level, the City has an arrangement with the District Attorney's Office regarding seizure and forfeiture funds under Title 63 Oklahoma Statutes ? 2-506(L) that allows for use of excess forfeiture property by Cleveland County and the Norman Police Department. This provision applies to the proceeds of the sale of any property: (1) not taken or detained by Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, the Department of Corrections or the Office of the Attorney General, ? 2-5006(L); (2) not used to pay a bona fide or innocent purchaser, conditional sales vendor or mortgagee of the property, ? 2-506(L)(1); and (3) n...
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