POLICE MOTORCYCLE AND EQUIPMENT

PURCHASE FOR MOTOR OFFICER

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that Council:

Appropriate $13,618 from the Equipment Replacement Fund for a Police motorcycle and equipment.

BACKGROUND

The Police Department through public donations has to date received $4,467 from private citizens and our community service clubs. The most generous benefactor with $2,000 was the daytime chapter of The Hermosa Beach Woman's Club. They also committed to another $3,000 in the next fiscal year for police motor officer equipment which will not be necessary now because we reached the targeted amount. The smallest donation given in the same great spirit was five dollars donated by Tina Marie Winters, a precious senior citizen. Tina Winters insisted on helping us and would not take "no"as an answer. Our officers aided her about the safety of driving up Gould Lane with her motorized wheelchair. The Police Department is planning a Motor Officer Appreciation Day with the Woman's Club where all the contributors will see the results of their generosity.

The greater portion of the money needed for the purchase of the police motorcycle came surprisingly from the bid sale of the surplus 1988 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. A retired local FBI agent bid $9,151 for the old Harley. He intends to make it a police show bike. This is the same police Harley-Davidson the officers displayed at community celebrations.

The cost of a new Kawasaki police motorcycle average is $10,000. The remaining amount pays for radio equipment and police motor officer uniforms.

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