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MEMORANDUM Attachment A 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE: February 25, 2013 4 <br /> 5 <br />TO: City Manager William Malinen 6 <br /> 7 <br />FROM: Chief of Police Rick Mathwig 8 <br /> 9 <br />SUBJECT: Summary information on Police Forfeiture funds 10 <br /> 11 <br />In August of 2011, Mayor Roe requested an annual document summarizing forfeiture account 12 <br />activities. The accompanying memorandum from 2011, which describes the Police 13 <br />Department’s forfeiture accounts , serves as foundation. 14 <br /> 15 <br />The Police Department forfeiture accounts are labeled as : Narcotics Forfeiture and Alcohol 16 <br />Forfeiture . The Narcotics Forfeiture account holds funds forfeited for controlled substance 17 <br />offenses and other “d esignated offenses ”, as defined in Minnesota statutes. The Alcohol 18 <br />Forfeiture account holds only funds forfeited for DWI related offenses. 19 <br /> 20 <br />Purchases made in excess of $5,000 require Council approval. 21 <br /> 22 <br />The 2012 summary information for both accounts: 23 <br /> 24 <br />Narcotics Forfeiture 25 <br /> Beginning balance- $118,073.68 26 <br /> Ending balance- $109,439.33 27 <br /> 28 <br />Summary of purchases 29 <br /> Managing the Mental Health Crisis- Training $4,500 30 <br /> IMPACT vehicle- $9,073 31 <br /> Portable recording device- $9,940 32 <br /> Equipment and training for Roseville members of East Metro SWAT- $6,601 33 <br /> Police Reserve appreciation dinner- $ 885 34 <br /> Tow and storage costs related to ongoing investigations- $1,137 35 <br /> Tobacco compliance checks- $125 36 <br /> Animal catching net- $1,7073 37 <br /> Crime scene camera for joint Ramsey County crime scene team- $1,585 38 <br /> Gun racks for property room- $829 39 <br /> Other nominal costs related to police services 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 <br />Alcohol Forfeiture 43 <br /> Beginning balance- $251,415.05 44 <br /> Ending balance- $280,706.96 45 <br /> 46 <br />Summary of purchases 47 <br /> City attorney fees related to DWI forfeiture- not included in prosecution contract- $5,888 48 <br /> Tow and storage fees of seized vehicles- $22,299 49 <br /> Interview room conversions to digital recordings- $5,977 50