R2014-85 LAW ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT& EXISTENCE & FORMATION OF THE ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT ALARM SYSTEM

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Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement This Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement (LEMAA) is executed, in multiple counterparts, by the Public Agency shown on last page hereof on the date that is set forth on the last page of this LEMAA for the uses and purposes set forth herein. Whereas, the undersigned Public Agency of the State of Illinois does hereby declare that it is in the best interest of the Signatory Public Agency to make provision for law enforcement Mutual Aid in the event the undersigned Public Agency should need law enforcement Mutual Aid, and; Whereas, the undersigned Public Agency of the State of Illinois recognizes that law enforcement Mutual Aid is only effective if those Public Agencies who could potentially benefit from law enforcement Mutual Aid are willing to provide law enforcement Mutual Aid to other Public Agencies who are willing to enter into a Mutual Aid agreement such as this Mutual Aid agreement, and; Whereas, in the State of Illinois, there exist constitutional and statutory provisions enabling and supporting the formation of intergovernmental agreements on matters such as law enforcement Mutual Aid, towit, the Constitution of the State of Illinois (III. Const. Art. VII, § 10), the Illinois Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/1 et seq.), the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/7- 101 et seq.) and the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-1-2.1), and; Whereas, in order to have an effective law enforcement Mutual Aid system, it is necessary and desirable to have a third party entity that can support, centralize, coordinate and organize the provision of law enforcement Mutual Aid by and among Signatory Public Agencies to the law enforcement Mutual Aid agreement, and; Whereas, this LEMAA is made in recognition of the fact that natural or man-made occurrences may result in Emergencies or Disasters that exceed the resources, equipment and/or Law Enforcement Personnel of a given Public Agency; each Public Agency which signs a copy of this LEMAA intends to aid and assist the other participating Public Agencies during an Emergency or Disaster by temporarily assigning some of the Responding Public Agency's resources, equipment and/or law enforcement personnel to the Requesting Public Agency as circumstances permit and in accordance with the terms of this LEMAA; the specific intent of this LEMAA being to safeguard the lives, persons and property of citizens of the State of Illinois during an Emergency or Disaster by enabling other Public Agencies to provide additional resources, equipment and/or Law Enforcement Personnel as needed, and;