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The Centralia City Council on Tuesday night approved the surplus of 38 items that were seized and forfeited to the Centralia Police Department, including 12 firearms and six vehicles.
Many of the items will be sold at the next available auction, according to the city council agenda report. The firearms are traded for credits from gun dealerships. The credits can be used to buy ammunition, safety supplies, and gun parts, among other items.
The money made from the sale will be deposited into the general fund, or in the case of drug seizures deposited into the confiscations and seizures fund as required by state law.
Centralia Police Cmdr. Stacy Denham said almost all of the items came from drug seizures.
It is unknown how much money will be made from the surplussed items.
They include 12 firearms that were seized and forfeited to the Centralia Police Department. It also includes six vehicles, one of which was seized and forfeited to the city as a result of a drug seizure. The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta was used by undercover detectives but has now been deemed surplus.
The other five vehicles, which include two motorcycles, were seized and forfeited to the police department as a result of narcotic investigations.
A list of 20 other pieces of property — which include bicycles, a camcorder, a golf bag and golf clubs, and a Craftsman drill — were also seized and forfeited to the police department as a result of criminal activity, are considered found property that was not claimed or are items taken for safe keeping and not reclaimed by the owners.
All of these items have gone through the proper waiting period and notifications guidelines, according to the agenda report.
The surplus was approved with a 6-0 vote at the council’s Tuesday night meeting.
