CM-2020-315 - 11/13/2020City of Round Rock
ROUND ROCK
TEXAS Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Number:
Title: Consider executing a Letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Asset
Group, requesting approval for the use of a vehicle seizure by the Police
Department in lieu of proceeds.
Type: City Manager Item
Governing Body: City Manager Approval
Agenda Date: 11/13/2020
Dept Director: Police Chief Allen Banks
Cost: $1,715.00
Indexes:
Attachments: DEA Memo re 2015 Jeep Cherokee, LAF - Letter to DEA to Utilize Seizure Vehicle
by PD (1109 20) (00459575xA08F8)
Department: Police Department
Text of Legislative File CM-2020-315
The Police Department conducted a high -risk traffic stop that led to the seizure of $6,091 and a 2015 Jeep
Cherokee as drug proceeds and for facilitation. The US Justice Department's asset forfeiture guidelines
allow agencies to transfer and convert tangible property seizures for agency use once the forfeiture process
is complete. As part of that process, the seizing agency agrees to pay the federal government's share, costs
and expenses and track the property in its inventory. The cost in this case is 20 percent of the vehicle's
estimated $8,575 value ($1,715), plus storage and any related fees associated with the vehicle. The seized
vehicle must also be used for law enforcement purposes for two years.
Cost: $1,715
Source of Funds: General Fund
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Allen J. Banks
ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief of Police
James W. Richards
Assistant Chief of Police
James B. Stuart
Assistant Chief of Police
TO: Drug Enforcement Administration, Asset Removal Group
FROM: Round Rock Police Department, City of Round Rock City Manager
DATE: November 12, 2020
RE: 2015 Jeep Cherokee (20-DEA-666053)
On July 13, 2020, members of the Round Rock Police Department (RRPD) responding to a Subject with a Gun
complaint conducted a high -risk traffic stop which produced a usable amount of marijuana, in addition to
currency, a firearm, and ammunition. The Department seized currency and a 2015 Jeep Cherokee (Seizure No:
N-2, Processing Agency Case No: M8-20-0030) as drug proceeds and for facilitation.
As required by Section V.(C)(1) of the U.S. Department of Justice's Guide to Equitable Sharing for State, Local
and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies, "Transfer of Forfeited Tangible Property," this letter is being submitted
as a request for approval to utilize the 2015 Jeep Cherokee for official law enforcement use in lieu of
proceeds. If approved, I understand RRPD will be responsible for reimbursing the federal government for cost
and expenses, the federal share, and tracking the property in our inventory.
I understand that if this asset is transferred to the RRPD, we must use it for at least two years unless it
becomes unsuitable for law enforcement use, whereupon it may be sold with approval from the DOJ' s Money
Laundering and Asset Removal Section (MLARS). RRPD plans to utilize the 2015 Jeep Cherokee for undercover
and surveillance operations and for tactical operations. The City of Round Rock, Texas certifies that the above
information is true and accurate, and that the property transferred will be used for the law enforcement
investigations and police work.
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Laurie Hadley, City Mana er Date
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