[Code 1974 §7-201; CC 2000 §10-201; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
Any personal property recovered by the Police Department in the course of its authorized duties and activities, or property abandoned within the City and held by the Police Department, shall be deemed abandoned property and shall be subject to sale or other disposition if held by the City for more than forty-five (45) days and no claim to the property is made.
[Code 1974 §7-202; CC 2000 §10-202; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
The Police Department may sell by auction, bid or private sale or otherwise dispose of any abandoned property as determined in Section 200.090.
[Code 1974 §7-203; CC 2000 §10-203; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
The Police Department shall keep an inventory listing of all abandoned property and method of disposition for a period of twenty-four (24) months following the date of disposition.
[Code 1974 §7-204; CC 2000 §10-204; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 7-21-2010]
Any proceeds from the sale of abandoned property as described herein shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City.
[Ord. No. 756 §§1 — 3, 11-23-1988; CC 2000 §10-205]
A. 
Establishment, Purpose And Intent. There is hereby established a fund of the City Treasury entitled "Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund". All deposits and expenditures from this account shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Section. The purpose of this fund is to provide a depository for monies forfeited to the City Police Department pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-4135 and 65-4156 relating to controlled substance investigation forfeitures. Expenditures from this fund shall be made only for authorized law enforcement purposes of the Mission Police Department. Monies in the fund shall not be used for normal operating expenses of the City or its Police Department.
B. 
Deposits. Any monies forfeited to the City Police Department pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. Supp. 65-4156, and any subsequent amendments thereto, shall be deposited in the "Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund".
C. 
Expenditures.
1. 
Monies in the trust fund shall be expended only upon approval of the Governing Body and only for the following law enforcement purposes:
a. 
To defray costs of protracted or complex investigations.
b. 
Providing additional technical equipment or expertise.
c. 
To provide matching funds to obtain Federal grants.
d. 
Other law enforcement purposes deemed appropriate by the Governing Body.
2. 
No monies in the trust fund shall be used for payment of normal operating expenses of the Police Department or for any other expense or non-law enforcement expense of the City.
D. 
Quarterly Report. The Police Department shall submit a quarterly report to the Governing Body specifying the type and approximate value of any forfeited property received and the amount of any proceeds received. Neither the Police Department nor Governing Body shall anticipate future forfeitures or proceeds therefrom in the adoption and approval of its annual budgets.
E. 
This Section shall be construed and interpreted as follows:
Liberal construction. The provisions of this Section shall be liberally construed to effectively carry out its purposes which are hereby found and declared to be in furtherance of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, which provided that the City Clerk/Finance Director and Police Chief were authorized and directed to take all appropriate measures to establish and further the goals and requirements of this Section, and which immediately followed this Subsection, was repealed 6-18-2014 by Ord. No. 1399 §9.