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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2014 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY APPROPRIATING A PORTION OF THE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE OF THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 FOR CONDUCTING A PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURES THEREOF.
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Summary and Background Information:
The 2009 MSC Master Plan calls for the construction of a property and evidence facility at the existing MSC site. The Colorado Association for Chiefs of Police (CACP) conducted an assessment of the police department in 2013. They noted in their assessment report the need to improve the property and evidence function. Specifically, improve overall security, packaging, storing of items, and improve the evidence management system. Over the last 10 years, the department has used a myriad of facilities to store property and evidence items, including metal storage containers, a vacated gas station, the civic center basement, the city's archive storage area, one of the sally ports and an interview room.
Over the same time period, a series of events and actions have occurred with the police department's property and evidence system, including the following:
• Rodent damage
• Water damage
• Decommissioning three offsite storage containers; this caused the loss of 1,728 square feet of storage space
• Converting a sally port to a property/evidence storage area (approx. 1300 square feet)
• By converting a sally port, the department lost the ability to process vehicles and other large items
• The sally port is not a long term solution; items located here are at some risk for water damage
• Items stored in the property and evidence room located within the police station basement are exposed to overhead water and waste lines and the buildings fire suppression system
• The water control valves...
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