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HomeMy Public PortalAboutAgreement 2005-2009PALM BEACH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES COMBINED OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND VOLUNTARY COOPERATION MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the subscribing Law Enforcement Agencies as listed in Attachment/, which is incorporated by reference, are so located in relation to each otherthat it is to the advantage of each to receive and extend mutual aid in the form of law enforcement services and resources to adequately respond to: (1) Intensive situations, including, but not limited to, emergencies as defined under Section 252.34, Florida Statutes, and (2) Continuing, multi -jurisdictional law enforcement problems, so as to protectthe public peace and safety, and preserve the lives and property of the people; and, WHEREAS, the subscribing Law Enforcement Agencies have the authority under Section 23.1225, Florida Statutes, et. seq., The Florida Mutual Aid Act, to enter into a combined mutual aid agreement for law enforcement service which: (1) Permits voluntary cooperation and assistance of a routine law enforcement nature across jurisdictional lines, and; (2) Provides for rendering of assistance in a law enforcement emergency as defined in Section 252.34. NOW, THEREFORE, THE AGENCIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE The subscribed Law Enforcement Agencies hereby approve and enter into this Agreement whereby each of the agencies so represented may request and render law enforcement assistance to the other to include, but not necessarily be limited to, dealing with civil disturbances, large protest demonstrations, aircraft disasters, fires, natural or man-made disasters, sporting events, concerts, public school graduations, parades, escapes from detention facilities, and incidents requiring utilization of specialized units. SECTION II: PROVISIONS FOR VOLUNTARY COOPERATION Each of the subscribed Law Enforcement Agencies hereby approve and enter into this Agreement whereby each of the agencies may request and/or voluntarily render routine law enforcement assistance to the other, to include, but not necessarily be limited to, investigating homicides, sex offenses, robberies, assaults, burglaries, larcenies, gambling, motorvehicle thefts, controlled substance violations, pursuant to Chapter 893, Florida Statutes, DUI violations, backup services during patrol activities, School Police Officers enforcing laws within 1000 feet of a school or School Board property, inter -agency task forces and/orjoint investigations, and coverage for overtime details. SECTION III: PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING ASSISTANCE In the event that an agency that is a party to this Agreement is in need of assistance as set forth above, such agency shall notify the agency or agencies from whom such assistance is required. The Agency Head or his/her authorized designee whose assistance is sought shall evaluate the situation and his/her available resources and will respond in a manner he/she deems appropriate. The Agency Head in whose jurisdiction assistance is being rendered may determine who is authorized to lend assistance in his/herjurisdiction, for how long such assistance is authorized and forwhat purpose such authority is granted. This authority may be granted eitherverbally or in writing as the particular situation dictates. School District Police Officers are hereby authorized to enforce laws in an area within 1000 feet of a school orschool board property and within 1000 feet of any school sponsored event including, but not necessarily limited to, public school graduations, proms, dances and project graduations. Should enforcement action betaken, said officer shall notify the agency having normal jurisdiction and upon the latter's arrival, turn the situation over to them and offer any assistance requested including, but not limited to, afollow-up written report documenting the event and the actions taken. Should a sworn law enforcement officer (officer) be in another subscribed agency's jurisdiction and violation of Florida Statutes occurs, which is a crime of violence, in the presence of said officer, he/she shall be empowered to exercise authority as a law enforcement officer as if the officer was in his/her own jurisdiction. Should enforcement action betaken, said officer shall notify the agency having normal jurisdiction and upon the latter's arrival, turn the situation over to them and offer any assistance requested including, but not limited to, a follow-up written report documenting the event and the actions taken. This provision so prescribed in this paragraph is not intended to grant general authorityto conduct investigations, serve warrants and/orsubpoenas orto respond without requestto emergencies already being addressed by the agency of normal jurisdiction, but is intended to address critical, life-threatening orpublic safety situations, prevent bodily injury to citizens, and/or secure apprehension of violent criminals whom the law enforcement officer may encounter. The Agency Head's decision in these matters shall be final. 2 SECTION IV: COMMAND AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY The personnel and equipment that are assigned by the assisting agency head shall be under the immediate command of a supervising officer designated by the assisting agency head. Such supervising officer shall be under the direct supervision and command of the agency head or his/her designee of the agency requesting assistance. CONFLICTS: Whenever Law Enforcement Officer is rendering assistance pursuantto this Agreement, the Law Enforcement Officer shall abide by and besubjectto the rules and regulations, personnel policies, general orders and standard operating procedures of his/her own employer. If any such rule, regulation, personnel policy, general order or standard operating procedure is contradicted, contravened or otherwise, in conflict with a direct order of a superior officer of the requesting agency, then such rule, regulation, policy, general order or procedure shall control and shall supersede the direct order. HANDLING COMPLAINTS: Wheneverthere is cause to believe that a complaint has arisen as a result of a cooperative effort as it may pertain to this Agreement, the Agency Head or his/her designee of the requesting agencyshall be responsible forthe documentation of said complaint to ascertain at a minimum: The identity of the complainant. 2. An address where the complaining agency can be contacted. 3. The specific allegation. 4. The identity of the employees accused without regard to agency affiliation. If it is determined that the accused is an employee of the assisting agency, the above information with all pertinent documentation gathered during the receipt and processing of the complaint shall be forwarded without delay to the Agency Head or his/her designee of the assisting agency for administrative review. The requesting agency may conduct a review of the complaintto determine if any factual basis forthe complaint exists and/orwhetherany of the employees of the requesting agency violated any of their agency's policies orprocedures. SECTION V: LIABILITY Each agency engaging in any mutual cooperation and assistance, pursuant to this Agreement, agrees to assume responsibility for the acts, omissions, or conduct of such agency's employees while engaged in rendering such aid pursuant to this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, where applicable. SECTION VI: POWERS, PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND COSTS A. Employees of each participating Law Enforcement Agency, when actually engaging in mutual cooperation and assistance outside oftheirjurisdictional limits, but insidethe State of Florida, underthe terms of this Agreement, shall, pursuant to the provisions of Section 23.127(1), Florida Statutes, have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if the employee was performing duties inside the employee's political subdivision in which normally employed. B. Each agency agrees to furnish necessary personnel, equipment, resources and facilities and to render services to each other agency to the Agreement as set forth above; provided however, that no agency shall be required to deplete unreasonably it's own personnel, equipment, resources, facilities, and services in furnishing such mutual aid. C. Communication with personnel from outside agencies will be accomplished with a shared radio frequency. Should the agency furnishing aid not have the capability to communicate on a shared radio frequency, then the requesting agency will either provide radios to the personnel of the agency furnishing aid orpairpersonnel from the agency furnishing aid with personnel from agencies that have the capability to communicate on a shared radio frequency. D. Apolitical subdivision thatfurnishes equipment pursuant to this part must bearthe cost of loss or damage to that equipment and must pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance of that equipment. E. The agency furnishing aid pursuant to this section shall compensate it's employees during the time such aid is rendered and shall defray the actual travel and maintenance expenses of it's employees while they are rendering such aid, including any amounts paid or due for compensation due to personal injury ordeath while such employees are engaged in rendering such assistance. F. The privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and rules, and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, workers' compensation, salary, death and other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee of an agency when performing the employee's duties within the territorial limits of the employee's agency apply to the employee to the same degree, manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of the employee's duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this Mutual Aid Agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply with equal effect to paid, volunteer, auxiliary, and reserve employees. G. Nothing herein shall prevent the requesting agency from requesting supplemental appropriations from the governing authority having budgeting jurisdiction to reimburse the assisting agency for any actual costs or expenses incurred by the assisting agency performing hereunder. 4 H. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or is to be construed as any transfer or contracting away of the powers or functions of one party hereto to the other. SECTION VII: EFFECTIVE DATE This Agreement shall take effect upon execution and approval by the hereinafter named officials and shall continue in full force and effect until January 31, 2009. On or about September 30, 2008, a committee will be established by the Palm Beach County Law Enforcement Planning Council in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., to review this Agreement and revise, if necessary. Under no circumstances may this Agreement be renewed, amended, or extended except in writing. SECTION VIII: CANCELLATION Any agency may cancel their participation in this Agreement upon delivery of written notice to the other agencies. Cancellation will be at the direction of any subscribing agency. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the agencies hereto cause these presents to be signed on the date specified. 5 ATTEST: CITY OF ATLANTIS: Fred Furtado Mayor (date) Robert G. Mangold, Chief of Police (date) Mo Thornton, City Manager (date) (date) CITY OF BELLE GLADE: Steve B. Wilson, Mayor (date) Albert Dowdell, Chief of Police (date) Houston Tate, City Manager (date) (date) CITY OF BOCA RATON: Steven L. Abrams, Mayor (date) Andrew J. Scott, III, Chief of Police (date) Leif Ahnell, City Manager (date) (date) CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH: Jerry Taylor, Mayor (date) Marshall B. Gage, Chief of Police (date) Kurt Bressner, City Manager (date) (date) CITY OF DELRAY BEACH: Jeff Perlman, Mayor (date) Joseph L. Schroeder, Chief of Police (date) David Harden, City Manager (date) (date) FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY: Frank T. Brogan, President (date) Delores Danser (date) Director of Safety and Security (date) (date) CITY OF GREENACRES: Samuel J. Ferreri, Mayor (date) Gregory P. Smith, Director of Public Safety (date) Wadie Atallah, City Manager (date) (date) TOWN O GULFST EA I: William F. Koch, Jr., Mayor ate) rrett J. Wa , Chief of Police (date) William H. Thrasher, Town Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH: Thomas J. Reid, Mayor (date) Gwendolyn Louise Pascoe, Chief of Police (date) Doris Trinley, Town Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF JUNO BEACH: Robert C. Blomquist, Mayor (date) H.C. Clark, II, Chief of Police (date) Gail F. Nelson, Town Manager (date) (date) 7 TOWN OF JUPITER: Karen Golonka, Mayor (date) Richard J. Westgate, Chief of Police (date) Andrew D. Lukasik, Town Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF JUPITER INLET COLONY: John M. Zuccarelli, III, Mayor (date) Joseph Benevento, Chief of Police (date) Joann Manganiello, Town Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE SHORES: Robert M.W. Shalhoub, Mayor (date) William W. Smith, III, Chief of Police (date) Joann Hatton, Town Administrator (date) (date) CITY OF LAKE WORTH: Rodney Romano, Mayor (date) William E. Smith, Chief of Police (date) Paul Boyer, City Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF LANTANA: David J. Stewart, Mayor (date) Richard M. Lincoln, Chief of Police (date) Michael Bornstein, Town Manager (date) (date) N TOWN OF MANALAPAN: William E. Benjamin, II, Mayor (date) Wilbur C. Walker, Director of Public Safety (date) Greg Dunham, Town Manager (date) TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK: (date) William Albury, III, Mayor (date) Rodney P. Thomas, Chief of Police (date) Frank Spence, Town Manager (date) (date) VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH: Don Noel, Mayor (date) James Knight, Chief of Police (date) Mark Bates, Village Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE: Kenneth Kaleel, Mayor (date) Edward G. Hillery, Jr., Chief of Police (date) D. Bill Mathis, Town Manager (date) (date) CITY OF PAHOKEE: James P. Sasser, Mayor (date) Rafael Duran, Jr., Chief of Police (date) Lillie Latimore, City Manager (date) (date) P. TOWN OF PALM BEACH: Lesly S. Smith, Mayor (date) Michael S. Reiter, Chief of Police (date) Peter Elwell, Town Manager (date) Allen S. Wyett, President, Town Council' (date) PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: (date) Edward W. Bieluch, Sheriff (date) (date) (date) PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: Thomas E. Lynch, Chairman (date) James P. Kelly, Chief of School Police (date) Arthur C. Johnson, Ph.D., Superintendent (date) (date) CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS: Eric Jablin, Mayor (date) Stephen J. Stepp, Chief of Police (date) Ron Ferris, City Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES: Thomas R. Mills, Mayor (date) Roger K. Wille, Chief of Police (date) Cynthia Lindskoog, Town Manager (date) (date) 10 VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS: John M. Davis, Mayor (date) Jay C. Pickens, Director of Public Safety (date) Karl E. Umberger, Village Manager (date) CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH: (date) Michael D. Brown, Mayor (date) Clarence D. Williams, III, Chief of Police (date) William Wilkins, City Manager (date) VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH: (date) David Lodwick, Mayor (date) Edward Stepnowski, Chief of Police (date) David Farber, Village Manager (date) (date) CITY OF SOUTH BAY: Clarence E. Anthony, Mayor (date) Michael Morris, Acting Chief (date) Tony Smith, City Manager (date) (date) TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH: Beverly Savin, Mayor (date) Roger M. Crane, Chief of Police (date) unanes u. Uobbins, Jr., Town Manager (date) 11 (date) VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA: Pat Watkins, Mayor (date) Stephen J. Allison, Chief of Police (date) Michael Couzzo, Jr., Village Manager (date) CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH: Lois Frankel, Mayor Ed Mitchell, City Manager (date) (date) Delsa R. Bush, Chief of Police (date) (date) 12 (date) Attachment l Atlantis Police Department Belle Glade Police Department Boca Raton Police Department Boynton Beach Police Department Delray Beach Police Department Florida Atlantic University Greenacres Police Department Gulfstream Police Department Highland Beach Police Department Juno Beach Police Department Jupiter Police Department Jupiter Inlet Colony Police Department Lake Clarke Shores Police Department Lake Worth Police Department Lantana Police Department Manalapan Police Department Mangonia Park Police Department North Palm Beach Police Department Ocean Ridge Police Department Pahokee Police Department Palm Beach Police Department Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office Palm Beach County School District Police Department Palm Beach Gardens Police Department Palm Beach Shores Police Department Palm Springs Police Department Riviera Beach Police Department Royal Palm Beach Police Department South Bay Police Department South Palm Beach Police Department Tequesta Police Department West Palm Beach Police Department