R2003-32 AUTHORIZING MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT

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� . . . IIIInoiS LaW ErrfOrce�r�errt A�arm Sjisterri MutuaJ Aid Plan Purpose Lativ E�:forceme�tt Alarm Area: A �eo�raphic area in The IIlinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) which a Law Enforcement Alarm location exists. is a statewide law enforcement mutual aid system. The purpose of ILEAS is: Luw Eriforcement Alann Assignment: A predetermined . listin;of manpower and equipment that will respond to To provide immediate extra law enforcemen[ aid a stricken agency. It includes a series of law manpower and equipment at the scene ot law enforcement response levels (Plans) designed to meet � enforcerrent emer;encies. the needs of varying de;rees of emergencies. To provide for an automatic and systematic response . of law enforcemen[manpower teams. Lc�w Enforcement Alann Card: A printed form To provide for contractual responsibilities and containing details of manpower and equipment to liabilities. respond to a specific law enforcement plan request. � To provide broad area coverage. ' To fos[er a coopera[ive spirit for law enforcement Law Enforcement O�cer: An employee of a emergency planning. participating law enforcement agency who is a peace • To provide access to specialized manpower and officer (as defined by state law and the Illinois Law equipment which no one department could afford to Enforcement Training and Standards Board or federal maintain. law) and by virtue of his office or public employment, ILEAS does not relieve a community of its is vested by the state or federal law with [he primary responsibility to provide adequate manpower and duty of maintaining public order and makin� arrests equipmen[ for day-to-day law enforcement operations. for violations of state or federal law. Each agency has its first line of defense and its reserves. A corrununi[y may only report to ILEAS Syuad Cur. A law enforcement vehicle tha[ is when a law enforcement emer?ency has caused the equipped with mounted or portable waming lights and agency to exceed its own routine capabilities. has communications equipment. Definitions Stugircg Areu: A predetermined location outside the Aiding Agency: An agency furnishing law enforcemen[ immediate emergency area where law enforcement manpower and equipment to a stricken agency. personnel and equipment will assemble. Alarm Log: A form used by che II,EAS dispatcher at Staging Area Supervisor. An officer from the stricken the Dispatch Center to record the response to a mutual 1gency assigned [o coordinate activities and log in aid request. responding personnel at the s[aging area. Disuster: An emergency situa[ion tha[ threa[ens or Stricken Agency: The agency in which an emergency causes loss of life and property, and exceeds the occurs that is of such magnitude that it canno[ be physical and organiza[ional capabilities of a unit of adequately handled by the local law enforcemen[ local gavernment. Generally, the word "Emergency" agency. within this document refers to situations connected[o a law enforcement response to severe storms, floods, The ILEAS Alarm Card hazardous cna[erial incidents, transportation accidents, The ILEAS emergency plan consists of a series of large fires, or situa[ions which are beyond the ability manpower response levels designed [o rrreet the needs of the individual agency to deal with effectively in of varying degrees of emergencies. At the same time, terms of manpower and equipment resources on hand the plan ensures[hat aiding agencies maintain adequate at a given time. manpower levels in their own communities. Member agencies divide their areas into Law Mutc�ul Aid: A prearranged written agreement and plan Enforcement Alann Areas. Each area is assigned a whereby regular response and assistance is provided in unique Law Enforcemen[ Alarm number and a Law [he even[ of alarms (emergencies) from a stricken EnForcement Alarm Card is developed. Predetermined agency by the aiding agencies in accordance with the i•esponses oF inanpower and equipment from adjacent law enforcemen[ alann assignments as developed by agencies �ve�hen listed on this card. the agency heads of the participating law enforcement An ILEAS Level 1 Alarm summons five (5) law agencies. enforcement officers (one officer from five differen[ agencies) to respond to a sta;ing area. If an emergency ILEAS Disparcher: The Dispatch Center is responsible continues to escalate, and more manpower is needed, for the coordination and� assignment of law che stricken agency can request additional alarms, a enforcemen[ mutual aid personnel under this plan. The Level 2, 3, 4, up to 10. Each alarm brings more Dispatch Cen[er will handle most requescs for mutual manpower and equipmen[to the stagin�area_ aid. The Al[erna[e Dispatch Cencer will handle the • activi[ies should the primary dispatcher become involved in an emergency. February 7, 2003