During the month of July 2006, the following has been achieved or is in progress:
1) The Department received three Letters of Commendation concerning positive recognition of our police officers.
2) The Police Chief attended and was the guest speaker at the Police Explorer Graduation for all Broward County police agencies at Broward Community College. (July 1)
3) The Police Chief attended the graduation of twenty-two more children from our Police Impact Program. (July 3)
4) All police staff members toured Broward Estates focusing on concerns of Homeowner's Association. (July 5)
5) The Police Chief met with Mr. Jacob Green, Homeowners' President at the Police Department. (July 6)
6) A Swearing-In Ceremony was conducted for two new police officers (Quinones and Blake). (July 20)
7) The Police Chief met with Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms agent, along with three Jamaican police officers concerning major case connections between Lauderhill and Jamaica. (July 21)
8) The Department provided funding from State Forfeiture Fund to six homeowners' associations for community projects in the amount of $6,600.
9) The Department provided funding from Federal Forfeiture Fund to purchase three tactical rifles for the Special Response Team in the amount of $6,500.
10) The Department seized six motor vehicles in the month of July where three were returned due to sizeable liens, and the other three are in the process of forfeiture.
3 comments:
I'm curious. How are vehicles rendered susceptable to forfeiture and who decides how funds are spent? Is this to do with DUIs or drug people or...? I really didn't know that Lauderhill benefitted.
In this case, it is under state and federal laws dealing with drug sales. It is a crime confiscation law which every police agency has utilized. Until we took back our police department in 1995, the Sheriff's office took these funds, and never allowed us to use them. Now, with our own department, we keep them in a special fund that the police chief can spend from, with the City Manager and City Commission approval.
In the past these funds have gone toward buying police equipment, (i.e., bullet proof vests, guns, etc.), supporting local crime prevention programs, and in many other ways. It relieves us of having to increase taxes for these programs and equipment.
Property that can be confiscated can be any property involved in drug, and other possible related crimes. As an example, if you sell drugs from your car, it can be taken. We can also confiscate the cash.
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