Asset Forfeiture Funds (Santa Ana Police Department)
| Multi Request | Asset Forfeiture Funds |
| Submitted | Jan. 30, 2025 |
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From: Joey Scott
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
- Any accounting records or statistics on seized real estate, vehicles, firearms, funds in bank accounts, and seizures made by the department, as well as seizures made by federal authorities where the department receives a share under the MOUs the department has in place with numerous agencies describing how assets are to be divided.
- Records and data that outlines what was purchased using money from the fund, including dates, descriptions, and total spent.
- Any annual reports produced civil asset forfeiture program.
- Documents showing the balance of any funds currently in the department Civil Asset Forfeiture fund.
-A list of all items seized through civil asset forfeiture and retained for use by the department
- Sales of non-monetary assets, receipts of sale for vehicles, or the destruction of other non-monetary assets
-Please also include any information relating to contested seizures. This request does not include court documents for individual forfeiture cases.
The period for this request is for the last 10 years.
Preferably released in .CSV form when possible
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Joey Scott
From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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Your record request #25-260 has been submitted successfully.
This will acknowledge that the City of Santa Ana received your Public Records Act request. The City will respond to your request within ten (10) days of receipt of this request in accordance with the California Public Records Act.
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From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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A document has been released for record request #25-260 along with the following message:
Linked below please find access to your request portal, where a portion of records that are responsive to your Public Records Act request are available (documents section). Please note that we are still in the process of reviewing other potentially responsive records. Assuming other responsive records exist, we will provide them to you as soon they are available, provided that the additional records are not exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act.
We will provide an update in ~2 weeks. Thanks for your patience.
* https://santaana.openbook.questica.com/
Document links are valid for one month.
After March 11, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
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From: Muckrock Staff
Hello,
Thank you for your continued support on this request. I am unable to access the link provided in your last response (https://santaana.openbook.questica.com/#/login), as my email address does not appear in connection with it: requests@muckrock.com.
Please advise at your earliest convenience.
Thank You
From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #25-260:
Hello,
The link has been provided below and is publicly available and searchable via the City of Santa Ana's website under the Finance Department's section.
https://santaana.openbook.questica.com/
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From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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A message was sent to you regarding record request #25-260:
Hello,
The City has identified additional records that may be responsive to your request. These records are currently being reviewed and redacted as necessary and will be released to you on a rolling basis as they become available.
Thanks for your patience
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From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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A document has been released for record request #25-260 along with the following message:
Asset forfeiture report sent to Cal DOJ with asset tracking/account numbers redacted.
* Asset Forfeiture Reporting - LEAs 2024_SAPD (version 1)_Redacted.pdf
Document links are valid for one month.
After April 3, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
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From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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Record request #25-260 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:
All responsive records have been released, and your request has been fulfilled.
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From: Santa Ana Police Department
City of Santa Ana
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Record request #25-260 has been published and is now available for public view.
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