HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19379 RESOLUTION NO. 19379
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA APPROVING THE ADDITION OF ONE PERMANENT HALF-
TIME EQUIVALENT LATENT PRINT EXAMINER POSITION AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS
WHEREAS, on November 18, 1997, the City Council approved the acceptance of funds
from the US Department of Justice for a COPS Problem-Solving Partnership Study; and
WHEREAS, this study has focused on improving new home safety, improving on-scene
evidence collection, increasing suspect arrests, and addressing crime problems occurring in
multi-family housing; and
WHEREAS, with grant funds the Police Department was able to hire a half-time latent
print examiner; and
WHEREAS, the addition of that latent print examiner has resulted in a twenty-five
percent increase in the number of cases in which latent print comparisons were performed,
fifty percent increase in the prints entered into the California Identification System, and the
crime lab was able to process one hundred forty-four percent more backlog cases; and
WHEREAS, the average processing time was reduced from thirty through thirty-five
days to seven through fourteen days; and
WHEREAS, a one hundred-six percent increase in the number of successful print
matches were made in 1998 resulting in the identification of thirty-eight burglary suspects;
and
WHEREAS, the half-time Latent Print Examiner played a key role in solving two other
major criminal cases including one involving a burglary suspect who eventually pied guilty to
the attempted murder of a Chula Vista police officer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby approve the addition of one half-time Latent Print Examiner.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amount of ~ 10,792 is hereby transferred from the
Public Facilities Development Impsact Fees-Police Component to the General Fund and
appropriated from the General Fund for salary and related benefits into Account 100-1031-
5101.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Richard P. Emerson rKnaeh~ny
Police Chief o
Resolution 19379
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 16th day of February, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, Salas and Hotton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 19379 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 16th day of February, 1999.
Executed this 16th day of February, 1999.
Susan Bigelow, City Clerk