1985-30 RESOLUTION NO. 85- 30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING FUNDING BY
THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR
A 3-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE
COUNTY'S SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION SERVICES
WHEREAS, during the last few years, the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's- Department Crime Laboratory and Identification Division has been
unable to keep up with the growing and more sophisticated needs of the
criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, a dramatic increase in the reliance on finite physical
evidence by investigators and prosecutors, plus bold and scientific
sophistication by expert witnesses and defense attorneys, and a general
in in violent crimes and drug and alcohol related prosecutions have
- greatly impacted the scientific investigative workload of the Crime Laboratory
and� Identification Division; and
WHEREAS, in many cases, understaffing and outdated equipment have
:.resulted in examinations not being completed until just before or during
trial , which may result in reducing the number of guilty pleas and thereby
necessitating expenditures of hundreds of thousands of dollars more every year
.in prosecution, county-paid defense costs, and the costs associated with
witness and jury fees, and additional court time; and
WHEREAS, Sheriff Floyd Tidwell proposes a 3-year development program
to build a strong, state-of-the-art scientific investigative service for all
local law enforcement agencies and the total criminal justice system within
the County of San Bernardino;
NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace that the City of Grand Terrace does hereby support the provision
of these additional facilities and urge the San Bernardino County Board of
Supervisors to provide funding to improve the scientific investigation
services provided by the Crime Laboratory and Identification -Division of the
Sheriff' s Department.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk provide a certified copy of
this Resolution to the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors of the County of San
Bernardino.
ADOPTED this 12th day of December 1985.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of t e i ty of Grand' Mayor o of Gr n Te ace
Terrace and of -tye City Council and of the CiNyC uncil thereof.
thereof. _
I, ILENE DUGHMAN, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby -
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 12th day
of December, 1985, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Matteson, Petta, Pfennighausen, 'Evans ;
Mayor.Grant
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk
Approved as o for
City Attorney
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