R2005-42 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT

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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ' MEMORANDUM#OS-10 March 3, 2005 TO: Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council Steve Garman, City Manager FROM: Mark Barthelemy, Chief of Police � � SUBJECT: Irrteragency Agreement Between Dewitt Courny and the City of Decatur Police Departrnent SiJMMARY RECOMIlViENDATION: Staff requests the Council approve the atta,ched 'urteragency agreement for excha.nge of police services between Dewitt County and the City of Decatur Police Department. BACKGROUND: It is not uncommon for smaller communities to enter iuto urteragency agreements with larger,nearby police agencies for the exchange of both emergency and routine police services. This is particularly prevaleixt in the many suburban villages and cities in Cook Counl.y immediately outside the city of Chicago. Although Illinois state statutes provide allowance for"hot pursuit",emergencies and follow-up arrest situations which extend an officer's authority beyond his or her own jurisdiction,other statutes s�cifically ma.ke reference to the necessity of urteragency agreeme�ts for e�ccha.nge of routine assistance and response to ca11s for service in times of reduced manpower. The City of Decatur currernly has such agreements with the City of Champaign,the Macon Coux�ty Sheriff's Office,the Mt.Zion Police Departmerrt,and the ILEAS. The events of September 11, 2001,have changed the manner in which most of this nation's emergency services have viewed 'urteragency cooperation. In order to prepare for unauticipated disasters, shortages in manpower,and free exchange of information and resources,cooperation between jurisdictions is essential. It is interagency agreements such as this one that provide a foundation for that to occur. THE AGREEMENT: This proposed'urteragency agreement with Dewitt County provides for an exchange of police services upon request by either the City of Decatur or Dewitt County,provided the requested agency has sufficient manpower and resources on hand to respond to the request. This agreement does not allow for routine patrol of each other's jurisdictions,but rather allows only response from the outside agency in situations that call for additional manpower. When Dewitt,Piatt and Macon Couuties were all in competition for Illinois Terrorism Task Force funding for various equipment needs, Dewitt County graciously dropped their request for funding and deferred those funds to the Decatur Police Departinent because we were a larger agency with a lazger jurisdiction to serve. That funding has allowed us to rise to a state of readiness for any future disasters, manmade or otherwise. It is in this same spirit that I ask the Council to approve this agreement. STAFF REFERENCE: Mazk Barthelemy, Chief of Police,telephone 424-2741 E-mail mark.ba.rthelemy@decaturnet.org