914-City/Cnty Investigative Bur CITY/COUNTY INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU
Section 1
Revised Auqust 4, 1999
1. The CCIB shall work under the authority of the Sheriff of Seminole County, Florida,
through his appointed Commander.
2. Each member agency head shall be seated as a member of the Board of Directors,
Chaired by the Sheriff of Seminole County. This Board shall direct and advise the
Commander of the City/County Investigative Bureau of its mission of drug
enforcement, prostitution, organized crime and/or those other special investigations
as directed by the Sheriff/Board of Directors.
3. The City/County Investigative Bureau shall be funded by the Sheriff of Seminole
County, that he shall provide office space, vehicles and that related equipment
necessary to complete the goals of the CCIB. Each seated member shall provide at
least one agent and shall commit for a period of at least two (2) years. Member
agencies shall share equally in any disbursement of seized monies or other assets
seized by CCIB. However, members must have been actively participating (had an
agent assigned) at the time of the investigation. (This paragraph subject to
subsequent agreements of seated 'members.)
4. The Commander of the CCIB shall meet monthly with seated Board members and
outline the monthly activities of CCIB and the involvement of his representative. He
shall provide the Board members with a summary report of this activity to include
significant and/or long term investigations, operations, arrests, search warrants,
seizures, status of previously seized property and other information which may be
requested by Board members.
5. In the event o~ a disciplinary problem, the Commander of CCIB Will handle the
problem. In the event a problem is of substantive nature, and requires an internal
investigation, the Commander of CCIB will notify the Director of Metro Services, who
will notify the Agency Head of the agent involved. If the internal investigation
involves the violation of a SCSO policy & procedure, the Sheriff's Office will be
responsible for conducting the investigation. If the investigation involves a violation
of only the representative agency's policy, then the representative agency will be
responsible for the internal investigation, Depending on the circumstances, the
Sheriff and Agency Head may elect to conduct a joint investigation or allow an
outside agency to conduct the investigation. Regardless of which agency does the
investigation, the results of the investigation will be presented to both the Agency
Head and the Sheriff for action as they see fit.
6. All potential members (working agents) of CCIB shall be interviewed by the
Commander of CCIB or his designee and a CCIB Sergeant. The recommendation
of the interview board will be presented to the agency head for action.
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DISTRIBUTION OF FORFEITURE ASSETS
IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT
Section 2
Whereas, all of the member agencies of the City/County Investigative Bureau are
desirous of stemming the flow of narcotic traffic into and through Seminole County, and
their specific jurisdiction, and,
Whereas, Florida Statute 932.701-704, the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, provides
that any personal property utilized in the commission of a felony may be forfeited to the
use of or for sale by law enforcement agencies; and,
Whereas, not all of the agencies involved in law enforcement in Seminole County have
either the resources nor the expertise to pursue forfeitures; and,
Whereas, certain agencies do possess these resources and are desirous of assisting all
other agencies for the common good, then now,
Therefore, the parties agree that the following procedures shall be utilized in the
forfeiture and distribution of personal property seized by the City/County Investigative
Bureau that may be subject to forfeiture:
1. Seizure of motor vehicles and aircraft:
a. If any is seized with contribution of manpower or resources by the
City/County Investigative Bureau, then it shall be considered subject to this
Agreement.
b. After a vehicle is seized by an agency and thereafter the CCIB is called upon
for assistance and/or further investigation, then the participants in the CCIB
shall only share in any forfeiture that may result through future seizures, but
NOT the seizure of the initial vehicle.
c. If the Commander of CCIB decides that the vehicle in question is suitable for
forfeiture, subject to the guidelines herein, the following procedure will be
followed:
1. All paperwork, consisting of all reports and/or information about the
vehicle, its use during the commission of the crime, it's location, lien
information, and any other pertinent information, shall be immediately
forwarded to the attorney supporting CCIB for processing and
consideration for forfeiture under Florida Statute 932.701-704, and if
the vehicle is deemed suitable for forfeiture by that attorney, then,
2. The vehicle will be offered to a rotation list of the participating
agencies, who were participants at the time of the investigation.
Agencies who may join CCIB later will be placed at the "bottom of the
list", as will an agency who receives a seized vehicle.
3. Participating agencies MAY NOT pass over a vehicle, but must take
the vehicle which is "up", with the exception that no vehicle worth less
than six thousand ($6,000) dollars current blue book value will be
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