The Mayor or his Chief of Police may from time
to time designate those municipal officers within the City of Monessen
to be assigned to an Anti-Drug Task Force. Nothing in this article
shall circumscribe the authority of any municipal police officer empowered
by state law to arrest in accordance with the Rules of Criminal Procedure
any person or persons violating the Controlled Substance, Drug Device
and Cosmetic Act, which authority is reserved unto that arresting officer
under the Pennsylvania Crimes Code.
Upon arrest and conviction of a drug related
crime, the city, through its arresting officer, shall petition the
sentencing Judge for permission to declare all fruits of the crime,
including cash, to be the property of the Anti-Drug Task Force of
the City of Monessen.
The Director of Accounts and Finances is empowered
by this article to establish a specific account earmarked for the
reception of cash proceeds determined by the sentencing court to be
forfeited as fruits of a crime, under law.
Any such moneys received by the Anti-Drug Task
Force shall first be applied to the costs of prosecution, including
police testimony and overtime, and thereafter shall be utilized for
purposes of further efforts to combat controlled substance activity
within the City of Monessen. Said money shall be utilized from time
to time upon the request of the Mayor or Chief of Police upon majority
vote of Council.
Upon arrest of any person within the City of
Monessen, the District Attorney, the Attorney General, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency or any other
arresting officer, department or branch of any local, state or federal
government shall notify said department of the claim by the Anti-Drug
Task Force of the City of Monessen to any proceeds, including cash,
resulting from the arrest and conviction of any person within the
City of Monessen.