A. Payment of any reward or rewards, as provided in this section, shall require City Council approval by resolution, or motion, or Committee report adopted by a majority vote of the whole Council, plus Council instruction to the City Clerk to file the necessary request with the City Controller to cause the reward or rewards to be paid from the Special Reward Trust Fund in the sum or sums, and to the person or persons, then determined by the City Council, subject to the following limitations:
1. No person shall be eligible to be paid by, or to receive from the City any reward for any offer of information unless the information was received by the City during the term the reward offer was in effect;
2. A payment of reward may be for a sum less than that which has been advertised, and may be prorated with respect to the information received and/or with respect to the number of sources from which received, provided, however, that no payment or aggregate of payments of City funds shall exceed the sum designated by any advertised City reward offer;
3. The City Council, in its sole discretion, may determine what portion of a reward, if any, is to be paid to any one or more persons;
4. No reward shall be paid to a City officer, employee, or dependent of such officer or employee, or to a public officer or employee whose employment includes duties of law enforcement; and
5. No reward shall be paid to any person or persons involved in misconduct which prompted the offer of the reward by the City Council.
6. Rewards shall not be paid to persons who have already been compensated by their employer or in some other manner for the actions which are the basis of claiming the reward.
7. No offer of reward shall be made to anyone who is acting as an agent for the suspect(s) or if suspect(s) will benefit from payment of such reward.
8. As a condition of granting a reward, the City of Los Angeles provides that all claimants provide continued cooperation within the criminal justice system relative to the case for which the offer of reward is made.
B. No reward money may be paid without the provisions of this article having been first satisfied and the City Council having first adopted an appropriate motion, resolution or Committee report providing for said payment as provided for herein.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 158,157*, Eff. 9-4-83.
Amended by: Subsec. A, Subdiv. 4 by Ord. No. 167,418, Eff. 12-27-91; Subsec. A, Subdiv. 4, Subdiv. 6, 7 and 8 added by Ord. No. 167,418, Eff. 12-27-91.