(a) There is hereby created and established in the Police Department of the City of Los Angeles a fund to be known as the “LAPD Revolving Training Fund,” hereinafter referred to in this article as the “Fund.”
(b) The purpose of the Fund shall be for the receipt, retention and disbursement of moneys received from Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) reimbursements, the college affiliation program and special service fees for the training of members of outside agencies by members of the Los Angeles Police Department, referred to in this Article as the “Department,” in topics directly related to law enforcement. These monies shall only be expended for the following purposes:
1. The payment of travel, per diem, and tuition, related to POST and non- POST certified training;
2. Expense and equipment directly related to the delivery of training within the Department; and
3. The short term (no more than five days) rental of training facilities.
(c) In each fiscal year, revenue receipts deposited into the Revolving Fund shall be limited to $1,500,000 and all sums received in excess of that amount shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(d) The Fund shall be administered by the Department’s fiscal bureau subject to the approval of the Chief of Police and authentication by the Chief Accounting Employee or their designees.
(e) All interest and other earnings attributable to monies in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund and shall be devoted to the purposes thereof.
(g) No expenditure shall be made from the LAPD Revolving Training Fund, nor shall the Chief of Police disburse, seek to disburse or permit monies in the LAPD Revolving Training Fund to be disbursed except for purposes that are consistent with Subsection (b) and with a detailed plan for expenditures, which has been approved by a majority vote of the City Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor, or passage by the Council by a two-thirds vote over the Mayor’s veto. The expenditure plan and any amendments shall be approved by the Board of Police Commissioners. The Secretary of the Board shall transmit the plan and any amendments as approved by the Police Commission to the City Council. The Department shall retain the discretion to approve and authorize expenditures up to the budgeted amount in the specific training categories as approved by the Council and Mayor.
(h) The Department shall report to the City Council on a semi-annual basis with regard to identifying all receipts into, and all expenditures out of, the Fund, as well as purpose for which the expenditures are made. Each semi-annual report shall cover the most recent six-month period of time and shall be submitted within 60 days after the close of said period.
(i) The existence of the Revolving Training Fund shall not preclude the expenditure of sums from the Supplemental Police Account, Narcotics Laboratory Analysis Trust Fund, sums appropriated from the General Fund or other funds from other sources for training activities except that to the extent such sums are reimbursed, such reimbursements shall be returned to the General Fund or source of funding as may be appropriate or required by law or regulation.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section added by Ord. No. 171,378, Eff. 11-25-96.
Amended by: Subsecs. (b), (c) amended, Subsecs. (g), (h) relettered (h), (i) respectively, new Subsec. (g) added, Ord. No. 174,756, Eff. 9-21-02.