HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-09 RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION NO. 13-09
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A MUTUAL AID POLICE
PROTECTION AGREEMENT WITH FORT SMITH.
WHEREAS, the Fayetteville Police Department recommends that the City enter into a
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement with Fort Smith to clothe our officers with normal
police powers while working in Fort Smith and to clothe Fort Smith police officers with the same
normal police powers when called for assistance to Fayetteville.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves a
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement with Fort Smith as attached as Exhibit A and authorizes
Mayor Jordan to execute this agreement
PASSED and APPROVED this 20i° day of January, 2009.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
By
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PSONDRA E SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
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RESOLUTION NO. K -8- 09
A. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERCOVERMENTAL
POLICE SERVICE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS AND THE CITY OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT SMITH,
ARKANSAS THAT:
Section 1: Pursuant to authority granted by Arkansas Code Annotated sections 25-20-101 et seq.,
the Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement between the City of Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville,
which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto, is hereby approved and provides for the terms,
conditions, and mutual understandings for provision of law enforcement services between the two parties
in their respective jurisdictions.
Section 2: The Mayor, his signature being attested by the City Clerk, is hereby authorized to
execute this Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement to which the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, is one of
the parties, regarding coordination with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas in accordance with the
interlocal Cooperation Act.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED this 20th day of January, 2009.
DROVED;
ATTEST:
CITY CLER
Approved as to form
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Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
This Agreement, by and between the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, in accordance with A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et seq., to secure and provide for
each adequate police protection through the use of properly trained and equipped police officers,
mutual aid in police protection, and protection of life and property. It is agreed that:
I. Introduction
A. The City of Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville recognize and acknowledge
that, at times, emergency situations arise that require additional manpower and
resources beyond which the respective law enforcement agency for each City can
provide. It is dunng such times that it may be prudent and necessary to request
additional manpower or assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
II Requests for the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters the City of Fort Smith will provide
assistance to the City of Fayetteville according to the guidelines as set forth in
this Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be
made in writing by the Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police, or by his
or her authorized designee Any request for aid under this Agreement will include
a statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and
will specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be
dispatched; however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of
personnel to be furnished will be determined by the officer in charge of the
responding organization.
B. The Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided. This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources. In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fort Smith that would necessitate such action, the City of Fort
Smith reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid when,
in the opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smith or of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith;
additionally, the City of Fort Smith reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smith or of its
Chief of Police, that to do otherwise would jeopardize municipal property or
would endanger the hves or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith.
C. The City of Fayetteville must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid
Police Protection Agreement with the City of Fort Smith.
III. Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fayetteville
A. Officers from the Fort Smith Police Department that are temporarily assigned to
the Fayetteville Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fayetteville Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fayetteville Police Department officers.
B. Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fort Smith
officers, will be retained by the City of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Police
Department. Fort Smith police officers will be entitled to worker's compensation
and other benefits to which they would be entitled were they functioning within
the normal course and scope of the duties with the Fort Smith Police
Department.
IV. Requests by the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters the City of Fayetteville will provide
assistance to the City of Fort Smith according to the guidelines as set forth in
this Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be
made in wnting by the Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police, or by his
or her authorized designee Any request for aid under this Agreement will include
a statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and
will specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be
dispatched; however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of
personnel to be funushed will be determined by the officer in charge of the
responding organization.
B. The Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided. This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fayetteville that would necessitate such action, the City of
Fayetteville reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid
when, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would .jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville,
additionally, the City of Fayetteville reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of
Police, that to do otherwise would ,jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville.
C. The City of Fort Smith must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid Police
Protection Agreement with the City of Fayetteville.
V. Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fort Smith
A. Officers from the Fayetteville Police Department that are temporarily assigned
to the Fort Smith Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fort Smith Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fort Smith Police Department officers.
B. Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fayetteville
Police Department officers, will be retained by the City of Fayetteville and the
Fayetteville Police Department. Fayetteville police officers will be entitled to
worker's compensation and other benefits to which they would be entitled were
they functioning within the normal course and scope of the duties with the
Fayetteville Police Department.
VI. Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
A. Pursuant to Act 846 of 1989, codified at A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et. seq., the City of
Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville, having each created police departments
and having employed police officers of these respective municipalities that are
sworn to enforce the laws of this state and their individual jurisdictions, do
hereby enter into this MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION
AGREEMENT as allowed by Act 846 and their individual municipal policies.
This Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement shall be construed to grant to
Fayetteville Police Department officers and Fort Smith Police Department
officers the statewide arrest powers authorized by A.C.A. § 16-81-106(c)(3) while
working pursuant to this Agreement within the jurisdiction of the requesting city
B. In the event of claims for injury or other loss said to be the result of acts or
omissions by an officer, or officers, providing assistance pursuant to this
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement, the agency and municipality
providing such assistance shall provide a legal defense for and shall hold
harmless the receiving agency, its officer(s), and municipality from and against
all such claims. Both cities assert their sovereign immunity and neither waives
it as a consequence of the above language. This hold harmless agreement is
subject to the limitations of Arkansas law and such agreement is not intended to
inure to the benefit of any third party nor should it be interpreted as a basis for
municipal liability for which the municipality is otherwise immune under
Arkansas law.
C. This MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT may be
reviewed annually. Should any paragraph or part of this MUTUAL AID
POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT be found unconstitutional or
unlawful, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
D. This Agreement is in effect from its date of approval by the governing bodies of
each municipality, and will remain in effect until cancellation in writing by one or
both parties.
E Either party may terminate this agreement upon ten (10) days' notice in writing to
the other municipality through the Chief of each respective Police Department.
Witness our hands this 0\20 day of
City of Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Attest: City Clerk, Fort Smith
2009
City of Fayetteville
Fayetteville Arkansas
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Cindy Remler, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
623 Garrison Avenue • P.O. Box 1908
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72902
(479) 784-2208 • FAX (479) 784-2256
e-mail: cremler@fsark.com
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
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This Agreement, by and between the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, in accordance with A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et seq., to secure and provide for
each adequate police protection through the use of properly trained and equipped police officers,
mutual aid in police protection, and protection of life and property. It is agreed that:
I. Introduction
A. The City of Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville recognize and acknowledge
that, at times, emergency situations arise that require additional manpower and
resources beyond which the respective law enforcement agency for each City can
provide. It is during such times that it may be prudent and necessary to request
additional manpower or assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
II. Requests for the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters the City of Fort Smith will provide
assistance to the City of Fayetteville according to the guidelines as set forth in
this Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be
made in writing by the Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police, or by his
or her authorized designee. Any request for aid under this Agreement will include
a statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and
will specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be
dispatched; however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of
personnel to be furnished will be determined by the officer in charge of the
responding organization.
B. The Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided. This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources. In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fort Smith that would necessitate such action, the City of Fort
Smith reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid when,
in the opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smithor of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith;
additionally, the City of Fort Smith reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the. opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smith or of its
Chief of Police, that to do otherwise would jeopardize municipal property or
would endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith.
The City of Fayetteville must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid
Police Protection Agreement with the City of Fort Smith.
III. Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fayetteville
A. Officers from the Fort Smith Police Department that are temporarily assigned to
the Fayetteville Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fayetteville Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fayetteville Police Department officers.
B. Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fort Smith
officers, will be retained by the City of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Police
Department. Fort Smith police officers will be entitled to worker's compensation
and other benefits to which they would be entitled were they functioning within
the normal course and scope of the duties with the Fort Smith Police
Department.
IV. Requests by the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters the City of Fayetteville will provide
assistance to the City of Fort Smith according to the guidelines as set forth in
this Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be
made in writing by the Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police, or by his
or her authorized designee. Any request for aid under this Agreement will include
a statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and
will specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be
dispatched; however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of
personnel to be furnished will be determined by the officer in charge of the
responding organization.
B. The Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fayetteville that would necessitate such action, the City of
Fayetteville reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid
when, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville;
additionally, the City of Fayetteville reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of
Police, that to do otherwise would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville.
The City of Fort Smith must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid Police
Protection Agreement with the City of Fayetteville.
V. Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fort Smith
A. Officers from the Fayetteville Police Department that are temporanly assigned
to the Fort Smith Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fort Smith Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fort Smith Police Department officers.
B. Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fayetteville
Police Department officers, will be retained by the City of Fayetteville and the
Fayetteville Police Department. Fayetteville police officers will be entitled to
worker's compensation and other benefits to which they would be entitled were
they functioning within the normal course and scope of the duties with the
Fayetteville Police Department.
VI. Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
A. Pursuant to Act 846 of 1989, codified at A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et. seq. the City of
Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville, having eachcreated police departments
and having employed police officers of these respective municipalities that are
sworn to enforce the laws of this state and their individual jurisdictions, do
hereby enter into this MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION
AGREEMENT as allowed by Act 846 and their individual municipal policies.
This Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement shall be construed to grant to
Fayetteville Police Department officers and Fort Smith Police Department
officers the statewide arrest powers authorized by A.C.A. § 16-81-106(c)(3) while
working pursuant to this Agreement within the jurisdiction of the requesting city.
B. In the event of claims for injury or other loss said to be the result of acts or
omissions by an officer, or officers, providing assistance pursuant to this
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement, the agency and municipality
providing such assistance shall provide a legal defense for and shall hold
harmless the receiving agency, its officer(s), and municipality from and against
all such claims. Both cities assert their sovereign immunity and neither waives
it as a consequence of the above language. This hold harmless agreement is
subject to the limitations of Arkansas law and such agreement is not intended to
inure to the benefit of any third party nor should it be interpreted as a basis for
municipal liability for which the municipality is otherwise immune under
Arkansas law.
This MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT may be
reviewed annually. Should any paragraph or part of this MUTUAL AID
POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT be found unconstitutional or
unlawful, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
D. This Agreement is in effect from its date of approval by the governing bodies of
each municipality, and will remain in effect until cancellation in writing by one or
both parties.
E Either party may terminate this agreement upon ten (10) days' notice in writing to
the other municipality through the Chief of each respective Police Department.
Witness our hands this 0?
City of Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas
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City Clerk, Fort Smith
City of Fayetteville
Fayetteville Arkansas
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FAYETTEVILLE
THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT
To: Mayor Lioneld Jordan and Contract Review Staff
From: Tracey Risley, Deputy Chief of Policel7-_
Date: January 2, 2009
Re: Mutual Aid Agreement
Recommendation:
Staff seeks approval to enter into a Mutual Aid agreement with the City of Fort Smith.
Background:
The Fayetteville Police Department currently has no formal agreement with other agencies
regarding mutual aid.
Discussion:
The Fayetteville Police Department desires to enter into a mutual aid police protection agreement
for times of emergency situations or temporary manpower shortages associated with special
events.
Budget Impact:
None
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
100-A WEST ROCK STREET
FAYETTEVILLE. AR 72701
(DELIVERIES) POLICE: 100-A WEST ROCK STREET 72701
PHONE: 479.587.3555 FAX: 479.587.3522
FAYETTEVILLE
THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
KIT WILLIAMS, CITY ATTORNEY
DAVID WHITAKER, ASST. CITY ATTORNEY
DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
TO. Lioneld Jordan, Mayor
City Council
CC: Greg Tabor, Interim Chief of Police
Tracey Risley, Assistant Chief of Police
Lt. Rob Turberville
FROM: Kit Williams, City Attorney
DATE: January 2, 2009
RE• Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement With Fort Smith
The police departments of Fayetteville and Fort Smith (with assistance of the
,:legal departments of both cities) have been working on this mutual aid agreement
for over a year. This agreement would allow Fort Smith officers assisting us in
Fayetteville with the power to arrest an offender in Fayetteville. It also allows a
Fayetteville officer assisting in Fort Smith to have the power to arrest there. These
arrest powers are granted only if cities have a mutual aid agreement pursuant to
A.C.A. §16-81-106 (c)(3):
"Statewide arrest powers for certified law enforcement
officers will only be in effect when the officer is working
outside his jurisdiction at the request of or with the
permission of the municipal or county law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction in the locale where the officer is
assisting or working by request.
"(4) Any law enforcement agency exercising statewide arrest
powers under this section must have a written policy on file
regulating the actions of its employees relevant to law
enforcement activities outside its jurisdiction."
Because this proposed mutual aid agreement could result in Fayetteville
police resources sometimes being committed to Fort Smith and its Jurisdiction, I
believe the City Council needs to be aware of and agree to this plan before it is
entered into by our City.
We have already confirmed with our liability insurance carrier that they
would continue to cover our Fayetteville police officers who would be working in
Fort Smith pursuant to this agreement (at no increase in premium for the City of
Fayetteville). In order to authorize our officers to use the full normal police
powers if they are needed to work in Fort Smith, we need to approve this
agreement. Both cities reserve the right not to respond for a request for assistance.
Furthermore, the mayor and police chief can recall its city's loaned police
officers and equipment immediately if they conclude that danger to the lives
or property of the citizens or municipal property necessitates such recall.
The police department may propose further similar agreements with other
Arkansas cities in the future.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A MUTUAL AID POLICE
PROTECTION AGREEMENT WITH FORT SMITH
WHEREAS, the Fayetteville Police Department recommends that .the City enter into a
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement with Fort Smith to clothe .our officers with normal
police powers while working in Fort Smith and to clothe Fort Smith police officers with the same
normal police powers when called for assistance to Fayetteville.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby approves a
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement with Fort Smith as attached as exhibit A and authorizes
Mayor Jordan to execute this agreement
PASSED and APPROVED this 20`h day of January, 2009.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
By: By:
LIONELD JORDAN, Mayor SONDRA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
This Agreement, by and between the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the City of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, in accordance with A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et seq., to secure and provide for
each adequate police protection through the use of properly trained and equipped police officers,
mutual aid in police protection, and protection of life and property. It is agreed that:
I. Introduction
A. The City of Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville recognize and acknowledge
that, at times, emergency situations or temporary manpower shortages associated
with specific events arise that require additional manpower and resources beyond
which the respective law enforcement agency for each City can provide. It is
during such times that it may be prudent and necessary to request additional
manpower or assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
II. Requests for the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters or temporary manpower shortages
associated with specific events, the City of Fort Smith will provide assistance to
the City of Fayetteville according to the guidelines as set forth in this Mutual
Aid Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be made in
writing by the Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police, or by his or her
authorized designee. Any request for aid under this Agreement will include a
statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and will
specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched;
however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of personnel to be
furnished will be determined by the officer in charge of the responding
organization.
B. The Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided. This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources. In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fort Smith that would necessitate such action, the City of Fort
Smith reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid when,
in the opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smith or of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith;
additionally, the City of Fort Smith reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the opinion of the City Administrator of Fort Smith or of its
Chief of Police, that to do otherwise would jeopardize municipal property or
would endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fort Smith.
C. The City of Fayetteville must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid
Police Protection Agreement with the City of Fort Smith.
III Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fayetteville
A. Officers from the Fort Smith police Department that are temporarily assigned to
the Fayetteville Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fayetteville Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fayetteville Police Department officers.
B. Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fort Smith
officers, will be retained by the City of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Police
Department. Fort Smith police officers will be entitled to worker's compensation
and other benefits to which they would be entitled were they functioning within
the normal course and scope of the duties with the Fort Smith Police
Department.
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IV. Requests by the Fort Smith Police Department
A. During natural or man-made disasters or temporary manpower shortages
associated with specific events, the City of Fayetteville will provide assistance to
the City of Fort Smith according to the guidelines as set forth in this Mutual Aid
Police Protection Agreement. Requests for mutual aid must be made in writing
by the Fort Smith Police Department Chief of Police, or by his or her
authorized designee. Any request for aid under this Agreement will include a
statement of the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and will
specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched;
however, the amount of and type of equipment and number of personnel to be
furnished will be determined by the officer in charge of the responding
organization.
B. The Fayetteville Police Department Chief of Police will decide what resources
are available to the requesting agency and will authorize the level of response to
be provided, as well as the duration of aid to be provided. This response may
include, but is not limited to, manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police
resources In the event that an exigent situation should arise within the jurisdiction
of the City of Fayetteville that would necessitate such action, the City of
Fayetteville reserves the right to refuse to respond to any request for mutual aid
when, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of Police,
responding to such a request would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville;
additionally, the City of Fayetteville reserves the right to recall immediately any
or all of the manpower, vehicles, equipment or other police resources on loan to
another agency, if, in the opinion of the Mayor of Fayetteville or of its Chief of
Police, that to do otherwise would jeopardize municipal property or would
endanger the lives or property of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville.
C. The City of Fort Smith must sign or have previously signed a Mutual Aid Police
Protection Agreement with the City of Fayetteville.
V. Supervision and Control of Officers on Loan to the City of Fort Smith
A. Officers from the Fayetteville Police Department that are temporarily assigned
to the Fort Smith Police Department under mutual aid police protection
provisions are subject to the same rules, regulations, and supervisory commands
as Fort Smith Police Department officers. They will possess the same powers,
rights and immunities as Fort Smith Police Department officers.
Personnel and administrative control, including compensation of Fayetteville
Police Department officers, will be retained by the City of Fayetteville and the
Fayetteville Police Department. Fayetteville police officers will be entitled to
worker's compensation and other benefits to which they would be entitled were
they functioning within the normal course and scope of the duties with the
Fayetteville Police Department.
VI. Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement
A. Pursuant to Act 846 of 1989, codified at A.C.A. § 16-81-106 et. seq., the City of
Fort Smith and the City of Fayetteville, having each created police departments
and having employed police officers of these respective municipalities that are
sworn to enforce the laws of this state and their individual jurisdictions, do
hereby enter into this MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION
AGREEMENT as allowed by Act 846 and their individual municipal policies.
This Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement shall be construed to grant to
Fayetteville Police Department officers and Fort Smith Police Department
officers the statewide arrest powers authorized by A.C.A. § 16-81-106(c)(3) while
working pursuant to this Agreement within the jurisdiction of the requesting city.
B. In the event of claims for injury or other loss said to be the result of acts or
omissions by an officer, or officers, providing assistance pursuant to this
Mutual Aid Police Protection Agreement, the agency and municipality
providing such assistance shall provide a legal defense for and shall hold
harmless the receiving agency, its officer(s), and municipality from and against
all such claims. Both cities assert their sovereign immunity and neither waives
it as a consequence of the above language. This hold harmless agreement is
subject to the limitations of Arkansas law and such agreement is not intended to
inure to the benefit of any third party nor should it be interpreted as a basis for
municipal liability for which the municipality is otherwise immune under
Arkansas law.
This MUTUAL AID POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT may be
reviewed annually. Should any paragraph or part of this MUTUAL AID
POLICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT be found unconstitutional or
unlawful, the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
This Agreement is in effect from its date of approval by the governing bodies of
each municipality, and will remain in effect until cancellation in writing by one or
both parties.
E. Either party may terminate this agreement upon ten (10) days' notice in writing to
the other municipality through the Chief of each respective Police Department.
Witness our hands this ] day of \\Wf)tt1iI�, 2009
City of Fort Smith City of Fayetteville
Fort Smith, Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas
BY: BY:
MAYOR MAYOR
Attest: City Clerk, Fort Smith Attest: City Clerk, Fayetteville