6201-87 Urge passage of SB 229 - Undercover Narcotics Units

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RESOLUTION N0. 6201-87 BY: Brown, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling A RESOLUTION urging the elected representatives of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives to support the passage of Senate Bill 229 which revised sections of the Ohio Revised Code to allow Regional Council of Governments to establish Undercover Narcotics Units and recognize Narcotics Officers so employed as peace officers. WHEREAS, the Westshore Enforcement Bureau Regional Council of Governments - Narcotics lJnit has tried various means of manning such unit since its inception on April 1, 1972, and WHEREAS, it has been determined that the most effective means of manning is the employment of undercover agents directly into the Unit by the Council of Governments, and WHEREAS, Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze ruled on October 3, 1986, that such Narcotics Agents were not Undercover Drug Agents as defined by the statutes of Ohio and could, therefore, not attend basic or advanced police training schools and could not be empowered to arrest or to qualify for PERS in the manner granted certain "peace officers", and WHEREAS, the Westshore Enforcement Bureau Regional Council of Governments - Narcotics Unit has proven its effectiveness in combating drug activity and related crimes, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Lakewood recognizes the need for such undercover agents to be properly trained and covered by legislation in order to operate effectively and efficiently; now, therefore, BE IS RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Council of the City of Lakewood hereby expresses its strong support of Senate Bill 229 which revises sections of the Ohio Revised Code to allow Regional Council of Governments to establish Undercover Narcotics Units and recognize Narcotics Officers as peace officers and is now pending in the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee and strongly urges its enactment at the earliest possible time. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to President of the Senate, Paul G. Gillmor, State Senators Charles L. Butts, Gary C. Suhadolnik and Richard C. Pfeiffer, Jr., State Representative Franci Panehal and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vernon G. Ri Adopted: ~~'c~ /Cj , / ~~7 P i en Clerk Approved: (~~~(,.e,.P//-~c, 5~7 Ma r L~,G'~