(a) Any property that the Police Department has seized pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2933.42 and any contraband in the custody of the Police Department that is subject to the forfeiture provisions of Ohio R.C. 2933.43 shall be held and disposed of pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2933.43.
(b) Except for the property described in subsection (a) hereof, any property that has been lost, abandoned, stolen, seized pursuant to a search warrant or otherwise lawfully seized or forfeited, and that is in the custody of the Police Department, shall be held and disposed of pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2981.01 et seq.
(c) The Village Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to establish a separate fund which shall be known as the "Law Enforcement Trust Fund" the ("Trust Fund"). Moneys resulting from the retention, sale or other disposition by the Police Department of contraband forfeited pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2933.43(C) shall be deposited in the Trust Fund after payment of the charges set forth in Ohio R.C. 2933.43(D). Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) hereof, moneys from the Trust Fund shall be allocated by Council to the Police Department only and shall only be expended for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) To pay the cost of protracted or complex investigations or prosecutions;
(2) To provide technical training or expertise;
(3) To provide matching funds to obtain federal grants to aid law enforcement; or
(4) For such other law enforcement purposes as Council may determine to be appropriate.
(d) A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of moneys held in the Trust Fund and a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the moneys exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the Trust Fund shall be allocated and used solely for providing reasonable technical training or expertise for the Police Department. The Police Department shall adopt a written internal control policy governing the use of proceeds received from the fund and shall annually submit to the Ohio Attorney General a cumulative report of the receipts and general expenditures of such proceeds.
(e) Any and all moneys which result from the retention, sale or other disposition of property by the Police Department and that do not qualify for deposit in the Law Enforcement Trust Fund or the Drug Offenses Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 513.14, shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(Ord. 91-125. Passed 7-15-91.)
(Ord. 91-125. Passed 7-15-91.)