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AGENDA REPORT
DATE:
December 10, 2007
TO:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
TIIRU:
David Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Jeff Kirkpatrick, Chief of Police
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SUBJECT: Hold Harmless Agreements for Police 'Eye-in-the-Sky'
Crime Prevention Program
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
One of the unintended consequences associated with our large, north-end, commercial
centers are a predictable increase in holiday-period crimes-of-opportunity (larcenies, auto
thefts, assaults and batteries, and burglaries) in adjacent parking lots. To answer the
problem, the Police Department has developed a crime prevention program entitled,
"Eye-in-the-Sky" in partnership with the Target Stores, Inc., for deployment in our large,
north-end, shopping center areas. The program places a police officer with several police
volunteers on top of a shopping center business's roof, armed with binoculars and a radio,
to provide an overview surveillance of adjacent parking lots and store entrances with the
goal of preventing and interdicting crimes of opportunity against holiday shoppers. We
are encouraging other businesses to become crime prevention partners using this tool.
Staff is requesting permission of Council to sign City Attorney approved, hold-harmless
agreements, which mutually protect the storekeepers, and the City of Seal Beach from
unnecessary liability associated with the "Eye-in-the-Sky" crime prevention program.
BACKGROUND:
Crimes persons and property crimes escalate in and around commercial shopping centers
during holiday shopping periods, based upon historical data. Heavily trafficked parking
lots are subject to a variety of crimes of opportunity, including auto burglary, purse
snatching, assault and battery, automobile theft, robbery and others. Businesses are
subject to burglary, shoplifting, petty and grand theft, and others.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No General Fund impact. Police Officers working on over-time and supervising the
volunteer teams will use existing COPS-SlESF grant funding to cover salaries.
Surveillance equipment for the teams to use will be purchased with the same grant funds.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests the City Council give permission to the City Manager, or his designee, to
sign necessary hold-harmless agreements with those businesses partnerlng with the police
department in the 'Eye-in-the-Sky' crime prevention program.
NOTED AND APPROVED:
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David Carmany, City anager
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RESOLUTION NUMBER
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A RESOLUTION OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS
DESIGNEE TO SIGN HOLD-HARMLESS AGREEMENTS WITH
BUSINESSES PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S EYE-IN-TIlE-SKY CRIME PREVENTION
PROGRAM.
The City Council of the City of Seal Beacb bereby resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves of the police department's
"Eye-in-the-Sky" crime prevention effort and authorizes the City Manager, or his
~ignee, to sign necessary bold-harmless agreements with businesses partnering in this
crime prevention program.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolubon.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach at a regular meeting held on the lOth day of December . 2007 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember
NOES: Councilmember
ABSENT: Councilmember
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Mayor
A nEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, Califomia, do hereby certify that
the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number _ on file in the
office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 10th day of December. 2007.
City Clerk
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November 20, 2007
Re: "EYE-IN-THE-SKY" SURVEILLANCE OPERATION
Chief Jeffrey C. Kirkpatrick,
I am writing to confirm that Target will grant Seal Beach Police Department
permission to use Target's premises at 12300 Seal Beach Blvd Seal Beach,
California from November 23, 2007 through January 2, 2008, during the hours of
store operations for the purpose of conducting a surveillance operation to monitor
the parking lot and shopping area.
Please sign below to indicate your agreement that:
1. Seal Beach Police Department is conducting this operation at its own risk.
Target shall not be liable for any damage to your property, or damage or
injury incurred by your employees, volunteers, or both, arising out of or
relating to the surveillance operation.
2. Seal Beach Police Department will indemnify and hold Target harmless
from and against any liabilities, losses, claims, suits, damages, costs, and
expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising
out of or otherwise relating to the surveillance operation.
3. Seal Beach Police Department maintains appropriate insurance coverage,
including worker's compensation coverage, for these obligations.
We are pleased to have this opportunity to partner with you.
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Acknowledged and Agreed:
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