~ ~~~~ nae cm of KERRVILLE, TEXAS to January 7, 2004 City of Kerrville Attn: Ron Patterson, City Manager 800 Junction Highway Kerrville, Texas 78028 Kerr County Attn: Pat Tinley, Kerr County Judge Kerr County Courthouse 700 Main Street Kerrville, Texas City of Fredericksburg Attn: Timothy Crenwelge, Mayor 126 W. Main Street Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Re: Mutual Aid Agreement for Multi-Jurisdictional Special Operations Unit Dear Mr. Patterson, Judge Tinley and Mayor Crenwelge: Enclosed please find an executed original of the referenced agreement between our respective governmental entities. Although the agreement is fully executed and in force as between our entities, please note that Kimble County is, for the moment not in a position to become a signatory to the agreement, despite the fact that it was included in the language of the original agreement as a party. This omission does not affect the agreement as between the three remaining signatories, but in order to clarify who the parties are, I felt that it was necessary to bring this matter to your attention and to ask you to file a copy of this letter along with the agreement as an addendum to the agreement so that we can be sure that all parties understand the agreement in the same way. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, ~~ Rob McCutcheon Acting Police Chief City of Kerrville POLICE DEPARTMENT 429 Sidney Baker • Kerrville, Texas 78028 • 830/257-8181 • FAX 830/792-2711 MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT WHEREAS, the joint exercise and deployment of law enforcement powers and authority is SpeClfiCally authOTlzed by TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE §791.001, et seq., commonly titled the Interlocal Cooperation Act; and WHEREAS, the temporary exchange of law enforcement officers by and between different agencies for the purpose of mutual assistance is to be encouraged as it promotes more effective response to particular situations, efficiency, the exchange of ideas, cooperation among law enforcement agencies, effective utilization of specialized skills and is desirable to achieve the purposes set forth below; and WHEREAS, Texas state law empowers law enforcement officers to exercise their power outside of their normal jurisdictions when a request for assistance is forthcoming from another law enforcement agency; and WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the undersigned municipalities and counties hereinafter denominated as "Party" or "Parties," have determined that it is in the public interest and of mutual advantage to enter into an agreement for the provision of specific inter-agency law enforcement services; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the above considerations, and the covenants and mutual benefits herein expressed, the Parties hereby agree as follows: I. PURPOSE It is the intent of the Parties to secure through the mechanisms hereby created, amulti- jurisdictional Special Operations Unit that will lead to: 1. More efficient utilization of law enforcement services and resources; 2. An enhanced degree of cooperation between law enforcement agencies within the participating communities; 3. More timely and effective response to calls for specialized law enforcement assistance; and 4. Adequate manpower levels of highly trained law enforcement officers to resolve crisis and high-risk situations. II. PARTIES This Agreement is executed by and between the City of Kerrville, the City of Fredericksburg, Kimble County, and Kerr County; however, it is anticipated and acknowledged that other agencies may participate in this Agreement through the execution of similar agreements. III. TERM This Agreement will take effect between and among the Parties upon the date of execution by their respective governing bodies and shall automatically renew on a yearly basis. However, any Party may terminate its participation in this Agreement upon thirty days written notice to all other Parties. Notice shall be given at the following addresses: City Manager City of Kerrville 800 Junction Highway Kerrville, Texas 78028 (830) 257-8000 City Manager City of Fredericksburg 126 W. Main St. Fredericksburg, TX 78624-3708 County Judge Kimble County Kimble County Courthouse 501 Main Junction, Texas 76849 County Judge Kerr County Kerr County Courthouse 700 Main St. Kerrville, Texas 78028 III. DEFINITIONS "Special Operations" as used herein shall mean any or all of the following special tasks or duties that are assigned to a peace officer or group of peace officers in addition to routine police duties: a. Combating specific crime problems that are likely to be resolved by the commitment of additional forces; b. Additional support for patrol elements and routine patrol activities when the need arises; c. Primary or supplemental manpower for riot situations and crowd control; d. Provision of special weapons and tactics support to handle barricaded persons, snipers, hostage situations and similar emergency situations; e. Provision of security for individuals such as visiting dignitaries. 2 2. "Special Operations Unit" as used herein shall mean a designated peace officer or group of peace officers within the Parties' police or sheriff departments who are trained in and equipped to perform "Special Operations," as that term is defined herein. tV. CONDITIONS This Agreement shall be performed by those law enforcement officers of each Party who are specially trained for Special Operations. 2. The City of Kerrville Police Department, through its command personnel, where responding, shall take command of the Special Operations conducted under this Agreement by supervising all law enforcement personnel in their performance of this Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Special Operations Unit made up of law enforcement personnel from the Parties, may, upon request, operate in any other jurisdictional area within the State of Texas in conjunction with any other law enforcement agency requesting assistance, in addition to the geographic areas covered by the signatories hereto. 4. The Chiefs of Police or Sheriffs of each Party shall adopt develop and adopt policies concerning implementation, command administration and financing of this Special Operations Unit, subject to the such approval of the governing bodies of each Party as may be necessary. V. RIGHTS AND DUTIES This Agreement is strictly voluntary in nature and places no Party operating under it under any obligation to request or to respond to a request for special operations services that it does not desire to have or that it is unable or unwilling to honor. However, each Party should make every reasonable accommodation possible to fulfill the intent and terms of this Agreement. F PASSED AND APPROVED this ~-3 -day of , 2003. City of Kerrv' e: ~~ Steph .Fine, Mayor ATTEST: ~_- . ,, -- - Brenda G. Crai ity Secr ry She ey Brit n, Secretary City of Fredericksburg: APPROVED: ti- Michael C. H yes, City At ey Kimble County: County Judge ATTEST: County Clerk APPROVED: Max Fisher, County Attorney APPROVED: Pat McGowan, City Attorney Kerr County ~ ~-' ,County Judge ATTEST: c°~ G~~ ~ r1Y! ~e ~' ~ ~ f ~ ount~~"lC~~e~l~k ~ ~ ~ ~ `~,~~' APP OVED: ! '~~~~ OOUN~~' David Motley, County Attorney L:~LegallPoticelSOU multi juris agreemrnt -FINAL_OSOg03.doc