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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-17-1999 City of Sebastian, Florida 1225 Main Stxeet [] Sebastian~ Florida 32958 Telephone {561) 589-5330 [] Fax {561) 589-5570 City Council Information Letter September 17, 1999 Multiple A,qenc¥ Crime Enforcement Per recent inquiries by City Council members and citizens, please find the attached report as compiled by Police Chief Randy White and Indian River Sheriff Lieutenant Ed Glasser regarding benefits of participating in the Multiple Agency Crime Enforcement (MACE) program. It provides a synopsis as to what costs the City of Sebastian would incur if it were to sponsor its own narcotic investigation unit, versus expenses of participating in Indian River County's MACE initiative. In addition, information regarding high profile cases in Sebastian having been conducted by the MACE program has been provided, for good reading and edification as to what types of crime problems currently exist in our community. Lieutenant Glasser will be available during next week's City Council meeting to address other specific questions and/or concerns that may arise. National Skydive Competition Earlier this week, I talked with Mr. Doug Wright, Indian River County Director of Emergency Services about logistics associated with the United States Parachute Association Skydive Competition to begin later today. He assured me that arrangements would be made to have emergency medical service personnel available during the event, without compromising normal staffing and service provision at Sebastian's two fire stations. As such, this effort should help alleviate concerns expressed by various individuals during the September 8, 1999 City Council Meeting, when the Agreement between the City and Skydive Sebastian was authorized for execution. City Council Information Letter September 17, 1999 Page 2 Lot ClearinR Without Permit Please find the attached memorandum as compiled by former city manager Thomas Frame pertaining to an administrative policy regarding lot clearing. After having joined the City of Sebastian, I soon met with Building Director George Bonacci to discuss relevant logistics. He agreed that arrangements outlined in the policy makes senses, as I concur that staffwill be able to better enforce land clearing and permitting processes. A Gift from Hurricane Floyd Fortunately, our community was spared from what may have otherwise been a very catastrophic ordeal. As I mentioned to all of you over the telephone during the last two days, minimal damage occurred in the City of Sebastian as a result of outer fringes of Hurricane Floyd passing through town. The primary expense was labor, with property damage having been done to two municipal boat docks in Indian River, an aluminum shed at the public works compound and light structural damage at the municipal golf course. Yesterday afternoon, I talked with Mr. Dennis Smith, Florida Department of Community Affairs who has been assigned to coordinate reimbursement efforts between Indian Rive County and all impacted municipalities and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As such, up to 70% of expenditures associated with damage and labor associated with hurricane preparation, cleanup and restoration will be solicited, as staff anticipates conclusion of the reimbursement process in the coming weeks. Enclosures: MACE Report Memorandum from Thomas Frame My Documents/InfoLetterl 1 SEBASTIAN POLICE DEPARTMENT 1201 Main Street Telephone 561/589-5233 Sebastian, Florida 32958 24 hr Fax 561/589-2207 DENNIS R. WHITE, Chief ~ain Fax 561/388-1872 E-mail: spd@sunet.net Web: www.sebastianpd.org MEMORANDUM Date: 9/16/99 To: Terrence Moore, City Manager Re: MACE Information Attached is the information compiled by the MACE Unit regarding its activities specifically involving Sebastian cases and/or suspects. It should be noted that just because a drug dealer either may live in or is caught in Sebastian, it does not give any valid indication of the extent of the illegal drug situation within our city. Also included is an estimate of what it would cost for operating expenses and equipment necessary for this department to form its own drug enforcement unit, if we were to stop participating in the MACE project. This estimate does not include the costs of the additional Sergeant and Investigator positions needed for this three (3) officer unit. Those positions, with fringe benefits would add $95,175. to the $42,041. estimated by MACE. 1 Sergeant position with benefits (35%): $51,975 1 Investigator position with benefits (35%): __~ Total: $95,175 Total cost estimate for SPD to form its own 3 officer drug enforcement unit: $138,375. Since most of this cost is for salaries and operating expenses, this amount, with the necessary annual adjustments for raises, inflation, etc., would have to be budgeted each year in the future. Dennis R. White Chief of Police FROM : I.R.C. MACE UNIT PHONE NO. : 56~ ~ S~_p, 1G ~.979 :i~,_,:iAM F2 Minimnun R~qulr~ents~Costs to ~te a Functional Illegal ~arcotic Investigation Unit for the City Of Sebastian: Three (3) Detectives assigned to Unit. One ii~ Supervisor. a. Sergeant or above to reguLaue ~nd oversee ~onfidential infcrman~ files ~nd con£idential informant ~unds. Two (2~ Investigators. ~18,000. O0 Three (3) unmarkedlundsrcover vehicles. a. Pre~erably exchanged on six monuh basis. b. kpprcx. $509.C0 monthly per vehicle x !2 vehicles (one per De=ective} = 18,000.00 The following T~ust ai~o be considered in toward vehicles e~Denses: Insurance. b. vehicle fuel. c. Vehicle maintenance every 3000 miles. Unexpected~minor vehicle damage ~rcm norrp~51 use, months x 3 Uhe yearly cost FROM : I.R.C, HACE UNIT PHONE NO, : S~l ~9 4S~°1~ S~. ~,~ ~999 li:31~4 FS Three (3) portable ceilui=~r car phone, s a, $7~.0C month x !2 -' = $2700.30 $3096.00 Three []) pager~ a. $!1.00 month x 12 months = $396,0C The following must also be co~iderad in the toward communication expenses: }'early cost Three (3} poT=able radio, prcg-~amed with sebastian, Verc and Indian River County frequencies. investigative Expenditure Funds ~ (Th±~ i~ an ~Dprox. ~igur~ b~e~ o~ $20,000.00 allocaaed to MACE Uni~) U~lLized for: a. Confidan%ia! Informant p~ent~. Controlled purckases of illegal narcotics. c. vehicle rentals. Hotel room rentals. e. ~ut cf City~Counuy investigations, Surveillance equipment (Vendor: wasuing ~ou~e Audio ~ntelligence Device~ Inc. 97-98 catalog} a. Two (2} Transmi~ners & one {i} Unite! receiver\,recorder package ~ $8995.00. b. One tI! Repeater (signal amplifier) $3995.0C ~ds-anc~d Tra~n±nc\.~Chcoi ~ ~a~ed cn cn!y one advance~ tra±nin~ cla~s per year per detective. ~ROM : I.R.C. HA,~--- bNiT P~ONE NO. : 561 56S ~$DB S~, ~6 i~B9 I~:~'.AM P'~ ~C~ O0 Average price of forty {40) Enforcement Technology C~ntre, Coral Springs, Florida. Motel Based on a $70,00 ho~el room for five nighUs. Based on $21.00 per Gay. Total x thrse (~) Detectives. Other Cost. C~nsideza~cns: Off-site a. P~ace to meet undercover infcrmantakwire vehicles Alarm a. ~or the Compuzer~ a. For detectives at Police Dept. C!cthing Ailcw~nce For additional Detectives. Safe officers and confidential off-site For Investiga~iv~ funds. The Unit would still re%~iire SuPDor~ of SWAT and additional manpower for su~eilla~-o~ ~nd mul=i Jurisdiction investigauion including invasti~ation~ in tka county. F~OM : I.R.C, MACE UHiT PHONE NO. : 5E~ 569 ~$---'~ S~I~. ~6 ~99.9 ll:32F~d F5 Sebastian Police Department by part clpat n_ in County Task Force Tw~n~y-f~Dur ko'ar access to ~en experienced narcotics deteciivss~ ~.CE 8etec%i'¢~ work varied schedUle~ minimizing cvertime, rasher than paying ov~r~im~ t~ General Assignment Dstsc~ive~ cz uniform Patrol officers for surveillance. Ten de~ectiv~s in undercover vehicles are search ai~o available, ~ ~ ~WkT~,ERT ca~1 out,overtime for Eliminates boundaries which ordinarily confine de~ectlv8s and down investigations; dru~ dealers don't recogr, ize boundaries. Officers from smaller agencies become mote divsrsifie~. They are able co working wish ~3.C~ Detectives in larger and oom9lex invesuiga~ions. allows officers to bec~me familiar w&~h detectives from other agenciem cuiside of ZndLan ~iver County~ including o~icers from ~he Ft. Pierce, Federal Dru9 Enforcamenu Task Force to which a MACE De~ecuave, from the Indian River Counzy gkeriff~s office, is sssi~ned~ Allows for de~ective-= to autend advanced trainln_~ which their ~apar~men~ won!ct .~.o~ nor~ail~~ be ~le ~o afford ~o send tke~ reimburses p~r%icipants respecuive departments 75% cf the ~ '~- ~ ~i~c Gram~ F~]M : I.R.C, MAC~ UNiT PHONE NO. : 5G1 S~9 ~528 S~p. 16 Igg9 l~-:32AM F~ High Profile Cases Investigated khe MACE Unit in the City of SmBastian April 1998 ~seahouse Street, sebastian, Fi Daf{s): Milton Lee~ )~CE detectives conducted a controlled purchase of m&rljua~a from ~ at his residence on Seahouse Street in Sebastian. ¥~i!e atbempting to secure a search warrant for ~he real,enos, ~ agree to deliver a b~lf OUA%Ce O~ cocain~ ~o ~ cooperating source at a THe ho=el was fi=t~ with eleotronic vi~eo e~ipmgnt. ~ met wi=h ari=ing away ~r~ =h~ hotel. BOG~S ~a ~e following items i~ his 2. ~enty-f~ur {24) in~ivi~ual!y wrapTe~ ba9~ ~ontainin~ cocaine hydroch!oride, Approxlmat~ly 32.8 ~r~s total co~ined with packaging. ~even (? ~ablets\doseS), 2 Rohypnol 1 Wygesic 2 Soma 2 ~ethylen~d£oxYme=hax~pher~4ne - M~DI4D - Ecstasy. hand scale R 1 marijuana smoking ~avice. $1117.00 U.S. currency Black velcro wallet withmlscsllanaOUa paperwork and "JOB" papers. rolling F~M : !.R.C, MAC~ U4~T PHONE NO, : 561 SG9 45_~ S~p, !~ i999 ~I:5~AM P? FebrUary 07, 1998 ~ Seahou~e Street, Sebastian, Fi. Del (~]: joinU investiga=Lon with the Indian River Ccunuy Sheriff's Cffice th, s resi=ence~ Senera! Assignmen~ Division l~d to a s~arch warrant at ~ ' ' following items were seize~ ~rom the residence: 3. 4. 5. XAi~AX 2MG-20!, VALIUM 5MG-21, 10MG-99~ 5MG-359 -479 PILLS KL~NOPI~ 1MG~155, 2MG-93, .5MG~!39 =3S7 PILLS PENT~YL 10 BOTTLES 5ML EACH si~ML CLONAZEPAM .5M~-!!0, ~MG-I!4, iMG-190 =4!~ PILLS ALP.~AZOLA~! 16 LTNKNOWN MG, .25M0-941, 2MG-154, ~2T49 PILLS .25MG-418, .5MG-419 =1148 PILLS . 5MG-525, 1MG- 5%3 8. 9. 10. OXA~EP~ 30MG-76, LIMG-183, !0MG-lll =3?0 PILLS DiLA-J~DID 8MG-197, 4MG-3~3, 2H~-9~ =~26 PIL~ weigh= 6~ gramS DiA~P~M 2MG-2~0, 10MG-!85, 5MG-272 ~727 PILLS PLUS O~NE 5ML BCTTLE LIQUID LGRTA~ 7.5/500-224, pILLS weight 927 !3. i4. !5. LEVO-D~OMORAN 2M~-73 .73 PILL~ weigh= !5 gra~s ~t~RiNOL 5~4G-207, 2.5MG-60 .267 PILLS ALFENTA 1ML-4O AMPULES = %0ML MOR~HIN~ 17 O~E ~ILL~LITER ~OTTLES ~ND 0N~ 500~L BOTTL~ OR APPROX. 16 OUNCES. 16. 17. $O~ WIT~ CODEIN~ 100 PILLS TEMAZEPAM 30MG-555 , 5B5 PILLS p~OPOXYPHENE ~00/650MG-917 = 917 pILLS F~OM : I.R.C. MACE UNiT PHONE NO. : SB1 569 aS~ ~. !6 !999 19. 2!. 22. 24, 25- 2~. 2'7,. 29, 3O 31, 32. 33. 35, 36, LORCET 10/650-%38, PLUS 201-14 = 452 PILLS weight 384 grams VICODIN 5/500MG-163, 7.SMG-?~ ~ ~4 YILLS weight 201 D.~RVON 65M~-106, 100MG-54 = 160 PILLS C©D~iNE $0MG-$38 = 538 PILLS DARVOC~T-N 100MG-649 = 649 PILLS TYLOX-OXYCODONE 5/500MG-275 = 27~ ~ILLS w~igh= ~68 OXYCODONE 25 CAPS~ES weigh= 18 H~ROCODONE ~.5/500~-82 ~ 82 PILLS weight 58 gr~s MEP~RG~-FORTI~ 50MG-~92 - 192 PiLL~ weigh= 83 $1630.00 U.S, currencey Shougunk!oaded 38 caliber Marijuana with a total approximate weight cf 8.g poundz $16!1.0Q U.S, currency A tripl~ beam scale aha items wi=h marijuana leaf logo Lap top computer, a cellular phone and twu p~gers The above drugs are controlled substances. The above i~ams thmn ar~ amounts are well over =he trafficking amount of 4 grams as listed in ~ROM : i,R,C. MACE U~IT PHONE NO, : 56~ S69 4520 S~, ~6 i999 1::3~AM P9 August 29, ~996 ~Delmonte Road Daf(s): Clau~e ~ David~ FeB. ~Mabry Daf(s): Jo~e ~ Kaitian Nation, Jo~e Pi~rrm, picking ~p l~=~e quantities of cocaine, distrlbutin~ to Waba~o, Gi~or~, ~alm ~ay and MeLbourne Communications inter,ap= o~ =ocalne ~is=rlbution ~ous~ located at 170 FDLE, ~e!bou~e P.D., M_~C~, S~ast!an P.D. and Veto City of Sebastian, Florida 1225 Main Street ~ Sebastian, Florida 32958 Telephone (561) 589-5330 [] Fax {561) 589-5570 Date: December 8, 1998 To: Tracy Hass, Growth Management Director Terry Hill, Public Works Director George Bonacci, Building Director From: Thomas W. Frame, City Manager Subject: Lot Clearing and Drainage Review on Waterfront Properties Effective immediately, please make sure that all requests for lot clearing and drainage approvals on waterfront properties or lots identify the rear property line abutting the adjacent water body. Of pr/mary concern is the laud lying between the rear property line and the edge of water of the abutting body of water. The area between the rear property line and the edge of water is publicly owned in most cases. Any request to clear these areas should not be approved with the standard permit issued for the cleating of the privately owned property without specific details relating to selective clearing to insure that clear cutting will not occur. Additionally, erosion or turbidity barriers should be required as a condition for any allowed removal of vegetation within the publicly owned property. In order to determine what may be removed within that defined area of public ownership, applicant should meet with the staff on site and determine the minimum necessary to insure reasonable physical and visual access to the water. If aider meeting with owner/contractor, staff is satisfied that proper steps are being taken not to clear cut the site and that proper erosion control practices are going to be undertaken, approvals under those conditions would be acceptable. If you have any question regarding this matter, please contact me at your convenience. cc: The Honorable City Council