R2003-32 AUTHORIZING MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT

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DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDLTM#03-08 February 14, 2003 TO: Mayor Terry Howley and City Council Steve Garman, City Manager FROM: Mark Barthelemy, Chief of Police� 5UBJECT: Proposed Resolution Authorizing the Execution of Interagency Agreement for Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System(ILEAS), Police Service Exchange in the Event of Major Disasters SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staffrecommends that Council approve the proposed agreement. BACKGROUND: It is not uncommon for smaller communities whose incorporated boundaries touch,to enter into interagency agreements for the exchange of both emergency and routine police services. This is particularly prevalent in the many suburban villages and cities in Cook County immediately outside of the city of Chicago. The events of September 11 th have changed the manner in which most of this nation's emergency services have viewed interagency cooperation. In order to prepare for unanticipated disasters, acts of tenorism, and free exchange of information and resources, cooperation between jurisdictions is essential. It is interagency agreements such as this that provide a foundation for that to occur between nearby cities and villages. SUPPORT INFORMATION: The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police(IACP),the Illinois Sheriffs Association(ISA),the Illinois Tenorism Task Force(ITTF)and interested police agencies across the state are in the process of creating a statewide mutual aid system to help in responding to acts of terrorism and other major emergencies. The mutual system is based on dividing the state into regions with elected regional boards to manage the system. This system has been named the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS). Our region(Region 7)consists of the following counties: Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas,Edgar, Ford, Iroquois,Livingston, Logan,Macon, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion, Tazwell and Woodford. In order for our city to participate in this cooperative endeavor, we must have the attached mutual aid agreement signed and a membership application completed by May 1, 2003. The attached agreement does not provide for our officers nor those of the other jurisdictions to rouNnely patrol each other's jurisdicNons. A request from any of the other agencies is required before Decatur Police personnel would leave our jurisdiction or theirs would enter ours. The agreement simply provides that if the Decatur Police Department has resources available when , requested by any of the other communities who have been affected by some major catastrophe, then we