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RESOLUTION NO. 51
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF A RE-
WARD, NOT TO EXCEED $25. 00 AND WITHIN THE DIS-
CRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF
DANIA, TO PERSONS WHO FURNISH INFORMATION EITHER
TO POLICE OFFICERS OR THE CITY PROSECUTOR AS
TO VIOLATIONS OF THE SEVERAL ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY MAKING IT ILLEGAL TO DUMP, THROW, LITTER
OR ABANDON JUNK, TRASH, DEBRIS , WRECXED AUTO-
MOBILES AND GARBAGE ON EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
PROPERTY, WHERE SUCH INFORMATION ULTIMATELY
LEADS TO A CONVICTION IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT
OF THE CITY OF DANIA OF THE PERSON CHARGED WITH
THE OFFENSE; AND REPEALING ALL RESOLUTIONS, OR
PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS, IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, various ordinances of City of Dania make it illegal
to dump, throw, litter or abandon junk, trash, debris, wrecked auto-
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mobiles and garbage on either public or private property; and
WHEREAS, the city commission desires to encourage persons to
report the names of any persons violating such ordinances to the
proper officers of the City of Dania so that such persons may be
prosecuted,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
{ THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
Section 1. If any person has knowledge that an alleged of-
fender has violated any of the several ordinances of the City of
Dania making it illegal and an offense to dump, throw, litter or
abandon junk, trash, debris, wrecked automobiles or garbage on any
public or private property within the limits of City of Dania and
if such person will report the name of the alleged offender and the
circumstances of the alleged violation to either a police officer
or the city prosecutor of City of Dania and if the report of such
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person leads to the conviction of the alleged offender in the Munici-
pal Court, City of Dania, the city manager is authorized to pay a
reward not to exceed $25. 00 to the person making the report. Such
reward shall not be paid to a law enforcement officer or to any em-
ployee of City of Dania.
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WHEREAS, notwithstanding the fact that persons selling contra-
j band drug abuse merchandise are generally tried in either state or
federal courts, cases of such type which arise in City of Dania are
generally initially investigated and developed by police officers of
the city who then present their findings to the prosecuting officers
of the higher courts which have jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the city commission wishes to adopt a policy of en-
couraging persons to report to the Police Department, City of Dania,
any facts concerning illegal sales of contraband drug abuse merchan-
dise which come to the attention of such persons; and I
WHEREAS, in order to encourage persons to report illegal sales
of contraband drug abuse merchandise to the Police Department, City
of Dania, the city commission desires to give the city manager the
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authority to pay a reward, not to exceed $50. 00, to any such person
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making a report regarding the illegal sale of contraband drug abuse
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
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THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
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Section 1. If any member of the Police Department, City of
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Dania, appears as a material witness at any stage of the proceedings
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in a criminal prosecution in either a state or federal court regard- --
ing any type of crime pertaining to the illegal sale of contraband
drug abuse merchandise and if the defendant in such criminal case
either enters a plea of guilty or is found guilty as the result of
trial (and if any finding of guilt is not reversed by appellate pro-
ceedings) and if the member of the Police Department, City of Dania,
then reports to the city manager that he obtained material or sub-
stantial information regarding the crime as the result of the volun-
tary assistance, help, information or cooperation of an informant,
then, in any of such events, the city manager is authorized to pay a
reward to the informant not to exceed $50 . 00. However, such reward
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shall not be paid to any law enforcement officer or to any employee
Of City of Dania.
Section 2. That payment of such reward, and the amount of
the payment, shall be within the discretion of the city manager.
Accordingly, the city manager acting on behalf of City of Dania may
refuse to pay any reward to any informant if he believes that the
information given by the informant to the police officer was not
material or substantial or was not given voluntarily.
Section 3. The city manager shall report to the city com-
mission any rewards which are paid under the provisions of this reso-
lution. However, in order to protect the identity or safety of the
informant, the city manager shall not be obligated to publish the
name of the person to whom the reward was paid and the name of such
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person shall be maintained on a confidential basis .
Section 4. That all resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.
pSection 5. That this resolution shall be in force and take
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effect immediatelyu its
on P passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of March, 1974.
Mayor-Commission r
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Attest:
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City Clerk-Auditor
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