Burbank Municipal Code Art. 12 Secret Service

2-1-1201: SECRET SERVICE ACCOUNT; ESTABLISHED:

There is hereby established a Secret Service Account to be administered by the Chief of Police. All appropriations made to the Police Department for secret service work shall be placed to the credit of said account and no expenditure shall be made hereunder except from funds appropriated therefor. [Formerly numbered Section 2-134; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1202: USED FOR CRIME DETECTION:

Monies in the Secret Service Account may be used by the Chief of Police for expenses incurred in criminal cases arising within the City, in which the people of the City or the people of the State are interested, and for such expenses necessarily incurred by them in the detection of crime. The Chief of Police shall not disburse or permit any of the said Secret Service Account to be used: a) for augmenting the salary or allowance of any member of the Police Department for personal services; b) for any fixtures, equipment or supplies for the general use of the Department. [Formerly numbered Section 2-135; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1203: MANNER OF DRAWING DEMANDS:

As required, the Chief of Police may draw demands against said monies, payable to themselves as Chief of Police, and upon receipt of the said monies shall thereafter safely keep them and expend them for secret service purposes. It shall be sufficient in drawing demands on the Secret Service Account to designate the purpose thereof as “for secret service” and the Management Services Director or Financial Services Officer may audit any such demand or warrant and the City Treasurer may pay the same without further specification as to object. [Formerly numbered Section 2-136; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1204: ACCOUNTING TO CITY MANAGER:

The Chief of Police shall submit to the City Manager, once a month, or more frequently if the City Manager so requires, a detailed account showing amounts and general purposes for which the funds were expended. So far as possible and consistent with the public safety, the City Manager may require such statement to specify each expenditure made, the recipient thereof and the investigation or cause involved. [Formerly numbered Section 2-137; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1205: EXPENDITURES CONFIDENTIAL:

When, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, the public interest would suffer by the disclosure of the name of any person to whom any sum or sums were paid or advanced, or the cause for which the same was expended or advanced, such record shall be maintained confidential, in the public interest. For accounting purposes the Chief of Police may indicate the name of such person or describe the police operation by an appropriate key or symbol. They shall not be compelled to disclose the identity of such operative or operation to any officer or person except to the City Manager, and any disclosures made as required hereunder shall be maintained confidential by the City Manager, excepting where such disclosure reveals illegal use of such funds or malfeasance in relation thereto. [Formerly numbered Section 2-138; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1206: PAYMENT OF DEMANDS:

No demand upon the Treasurer or warrant drawn by or payable to the Chief of Police for secret service purposes as aforesaid, shall be issued or paid until the Chief of Police shall first have accounted, as required herein, for all amounts previously advanced, showing the balance of such account still in their hands. [Formerly numbered Section 2-139; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1207: SERVICES NOT WITHIN PERSONNEL SYSTEM:

Any person, other than a regular employee of the City who for a consideration or otherwise makes special investigations or furnishes special information to the Police Department in individual instances or for limited periods, shall not be deemed to be an employee of this City for any purpose and services rendered hereunder are not included within the competitive or personnel system of the City and no person rendering services hereunder shall have any claim of any kind whatsoever to the benefits or privileges of such system. Such persons paid by the Chief of Police from the Secret Service Account for secret service information shall have no right to Workmen’s Compensation, leave, vacation, retirement, permanence, or any other emolument, right or privilege of employees of the City of Burbank. [Formerly numbered Section 2-140; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1208: USE OF FUNDS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF EXPERTS:

The Chief of Police may, in the course of secret service investigations, expend the funds of the Secret Service Account in securing the opinion of handwriting experts, experts in ballistics, and other experts in police science necessary to the conduct of crime prevention and detection by the Department as well as for the services of special investigators, information, and the like. [Formerly numbered Section 2-141; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

2-1-1209: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO DEPUTY:

Whenever the Chief of Police is mentioned herein, the powers and duties conferred may be exercised or performed by a deputy as designated by them. [Formerly numbered Section 2-142; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]