Res 1581 - Police Mutual Aid
COUNCIL BILL NO. 2037
RESOLUTION NO. 1581
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A "POLICE MUTUAL AID
AGREEMENT" AMONGST VARIOUS MUNICIPAL, COUNTY, AND STATE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WHEREAS, it is mutually beneficial for public agencies to supplement, coordinate, and
support one another in the event of certain emergency situations, and
WHEREAS, the community welfare is best preserved through such supplemental police
support which would otherwise overtax the resources of a single jurisdiction during such
emergency situations; and
WHEREAS, Qregon Revised Statute Chapter 190 authorized such intergovernmental
agreements fQr cooperalion services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Woodburn has previously entered into such mutual aid
agreements for said benefits; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor is authorized to sign the Mid-Willamette Valley Police Mutual Aid
Agreement on behalf of the City ofW oo~buX copy of which is attached hereto for reference.
Approved as to form~ ~l?~,_) If / S- /2 t) D Q
City Attorney Date I
Approved ~* /
Rich d Jennings, May ~
March 27, 2000
March 2Q, 2000
March 29, 2000
March 29, 2000
Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
ATTEST: ~~
Mary Thrlnant City Recorder
City ofW oodburn, Oregon
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RESOLUTION NO. 1581
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General Conditions
March 9, 2000
1. These General Conditions are intended to provide the framework of benefits and obligations
within which any Oregon law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in Marion, Polk or Yamhill
Counties may obtain the aid and assistance of any other agency which has agreed to be bound by
the same conditions.
2. The term "this Agreement" refers to the collective agreements by which law enforcement
agencies consent to and are bound to these General Conditions, and includes these General
Conditions themselves. The term "Party" includes every agency which ha~ signed such an
agreement.
3. It is to the mutual advantage of the parties hereto that there be supplementary police aid available
should a public occurrence or event sorely tax the police facilities of a single party, threaten to
reach a magnitude or duration beyond the ability of a single police agency to control, or, for the
public safety, require a multi-jurisdictional coordinated effort.
4. The parties contemplate that such supplementary police service would be available in, but not
limited to, situations and circumstances such as: riot, unlawful assembly, insurrection, major
disaster, apprehension of suspected felons, parades or other events where unusually large
gatherings are to be found, search parties, and other instances where the local agency's human
resources cannot reasonably be expected to cope with the situation; and further that
supplementary police service would be available on a routine basis, as between neighboring
jurisdictions, when, for whatever reason, a particular police agency is unable to respond
immediately to a situation requiring immediate and speedy police response and the neighboring
agency has the present ability to respond.
5. This Agreement is of a type and for a purpose expressly authorized by Chapter 190, Oregon
Revised Statutes and is not otherwise prohibited by law.
6. The governing authority of each party has determined that it is mutually advantageous to render
assistance to and receive assistance from other parties, and the benefit to be derived by each of
the parties from availability of additional police service and support is ample consideration for
each to enter into this Agreement.
7. If there is a "police problem" within the area of jurisdiction of one of the parties, and the problem
is of such gravity and consequence that the regular police personnel of such party cannot readily
control or suppress the same, the senior police officer on duty may request assistance from one or
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more of the parties to this Agreement by notifying the Police Chief, Sheriff or their designated
officer on duty of the agency from whom assistance is requested.
8. Upon receipt of such request for aid, the agency to whom the request is made shall respond at its
fullest ability without, in its judgement, compromising its ability and resources to maintain a
reasonable level of service within its own jurisdiction. The decision of the Police Chief, Sheriff
or other duly designated officer of the agency from whom aid is requested as to what manpower,
equipment and vehicles are available for response shall be final.
9. The requesting agency's officer in charge at the scene of the "problem" shall remain in charge
and provide general directions to all aiding agency personnel. At the request of the officer in
charge, any aiding agency shall withdraw its personnel from the scene of the problem.
10. Where the services of responding agencies are required on a dispersed or multiple location basis,
the requesting agency's senior officer on duty shall designate an officer as "Coordinator." The
Coordinator shall have authority to assign responding agency personnel to locations within or
without the requesting agency's jurisdiction. When responding personnel are dispatched to
locations outside of the requesting agency's jurisdiction, the Coordinator shall promptly notify
the senior officer in the jurisdiction to which said personnel are dispatched. That senior officer
shall provide direction to responding agency personnel as needed to carry out the mission
assigned by the Coordinator.
11. It is mutually agreed and understood that this Agreement shall not relieve any party hereto of the
responsibility for police protection within its own jurisdiction, nor does this Agreement create
any right in or obligation to third persons by any party hereto which would not exist in the
absence of this Agreement.
12. Each of the parties hereto shall continue to provide the same salaries, compensation for death or
disability, retirement and furlough payments, cost of transportation, and other normal fringe
benefits to their employees who are assigned to render assistance to another party pursuant to this
Agreement as those employees would receive if on duty within the boundaries of the party by
which they are employed. Costs of equipment, supplies, and materials used or expended, and
reasonable subsistence expenses incurred while rendering assistance under this Agreement will
be borne by the party requesting such assistance and authorizing the use of said equipment,
supplies, materials, and reasonable subsistence expenses.
13. It is agreed that this Agreement for mutual aid shall constitute the sole consideration for the
performance hereof, and no party hereto shall be obligated to reimburse any other for use of
manpower. Each party hereto shall protect its own employees performing under this Agreement
by adequate Workers' Compensation Insurance or self-insurance. Each party hereto shall obtain
and maintain in full force and effect adequate public liability and property damage insurance or
self-insurance public liability and property damage insurance or self-insurance to cover claims
for injury to persons or damage to property arising from the performance of this Agreement.
Each jurisdiction shall be responsible for the acts of its own employees.
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14. Persons arrested by officers whose services are being provided to another agency requesting their
service shall be deemed, for all purposes including provision of medical care as required by law,
to be in the custody of the agency which requested the assistance under this Agreement.
15. It is expressly understood that this Agreement does not cover the use of special incident teams
such as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Hostage Negotiations, and Hazardous Devices.
Deployment of such special teams to assist another agency must be pursuant to a separate
agreement.
16. The term of this Agreement shall be perpetual, subject to the right of any party to withdraw as
provided herein. These General Conditions may be modified at any time by mutual consent of
all agencies who are then parties hereto. Any party to this Agreement may withdraw at any time
on thirty (30) days written notice to the Chief of Police of the City of Salem. Thereafter this
Agreement shall continue to exist among the remaining parties. Any party hereto may be
excluded from this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice executed by at least a majority
of the agencies who are then parties hereto. Upon withdrawal or exclusion of a party, the Chief
of Police of Salem shall give prompt written notice of such act to the chief officers of all
remaining parties.
17. It is expressly declared to be the intention of each party signatory hereto that its participation in
this Agreement is not dependent on the participation of any other law enforcement agency,
whether or not already a party hereto.
18. The parties hereto and each of them agree that all mutual aid agreements existing between them,
to the extent that said agreements cover the same matters covered herein, are hereby canceled
and shall be of no further force or effect.
19. Any law enforcement agency eligible as described in paragraph one of these General Conditions
may become a party to this Agreement by appropriate action of its governing body or other
official or body having the authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements on behalf of the
agency, causing two copies of an Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to be
signed on its behalf by its duly authorized official or officials, and delivering both copies to the
Chief of Police of the City of Salem. Upon such delivery, the Chief of Police of Salem shall
transmit one original to the Chief of Police of the City of Woodburn, keep the other on file,
acknowledge receipt in writing to the agency, and notify all other parties of the addition of such
agency as a party.
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MID- WILLA METTE V ALLEY
POLICE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
1. On the day and year last set forth below, the City of Woodburn, Oregon, for its
Police Department ("Agency"), based upon duly adopted action or authority of its governing
body or other official or body having authority to enter into intergovernmental agreements on
behalf of the Agency, agrees to and accepts the MID- WILLAMETTE V ALLEY POLICE
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT GENERAL CONDITIONS dated March 9, 2000, and agrees to
become a party to a multi-agency mutual aid system governed by those General Conditions.
2. All prior agreements concerning the same subject matter and scope of coverage
are hereby terminated as of the date last set forth below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Agency has caused this Agreement to be signed, in
duplicate, by its duly authorized representatives as of this 31st day of March ,2000.
THE CITY OF WOODBURN, OREGON
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Title: Mavoh
Attest: /11~cJ '~~+-
Title: City Recorder
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Legal Counsel
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