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A Resolution authorizing expenditures in the amount of $18,500 from Federal Forfeited Asset Fund (F.A.F.) monies for law enforcement training; the purchase of tuition for two Coral Gables Police Department senior managers, to attend the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police.
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The Coral Gables Police Department participates with federal law enforcement agencies of the United States Departments of Justice, Treasury and/or Homeland Security in joint law enforcement investigations. The Coral Gables Police Department’s participation in those joint federal - local investigations produces federally seized funds. At the discretion of the United States Attorney General under United States Statute: 18 U.S.C. Section 981 (e)(2), and 21 U.S.C. Section 881 (e)(1)(A) and (e)(3)(b), the Coral Gables Police Department may lawfully receive equitable shares of the federally seized funds at the conclusion of the legal proceedings.
The “Guide to Equitable Sharing for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies” by the United States Department of Justice provides that the equitably shared forfeited asset funds resulting from the participation of a local agency in investigations with Federal law enforcement agencies may be utilized by the participating local agency for law enforcement training.
The Coral Gables Police Department has been authorized by the Public Safety Director to send two senior managers to the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP) training course. SMIP provides senior police executives with intensive training in the latest management concepts and practices used in business and government, as well as discussions of the most challenging issues facing law enforcement executives today. Tuition expenses for SMIP cover instruction, books, materials, program activities and events, lodging, and meals for the duration of the program.
The F.A.F. Committee met on October 29, 2015 and a...
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