1987-061RESOLUTION
87-61
A RESOLUTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLE
PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY AND BY THE CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MUTUAL AID LAW
ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE AGREEMENTS;
AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO SEEK
OUT AND NEGOTIATE WITH OTHER POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTERING
SUCH AGREEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Vernon's Annotated Revised Civil Statutes
of the State of Texas, Article 999b authorizes the governing
body of a municipality to enter into agreements with
neighboring municipalities, airports, and contiguous
counties to form mutual aid law enforcement task force
cooperation; and
WHEREAS, it may be necessary from time to time to
provide additional law enforcement officers to assist the
Southlake Police Department to protect health, life, and
property against riot, unlawful assembly accompanied by the
use of force and violence, threat of concealed explosives,
and during times of natural disaster or man-made calamity;
and
WHEREAS, Southlake Police Department Officers when
performing police duties outside the territorial limits of
the City of Southlake pursuant to Mutual Aid Law Enforcement
Task Force Agreements shall be entitled to the same wage,
salary, compensation and other benefits as if the service
had been rendered within the city limits of the City of
Southlake, Texas; and
WHEREAS, all contracting parties to any Mutual Aid
Law Enforcement Task Force Agreement will agree to waive
their rights to request reimbursement from other
participating parties and law enforcement agencies for the
services performed; and
WHEREAS, once in the other jurisdiciton, the
responding officers would be under the command of the chief
law enforcement officer of that jurisdiction until the
responding entity, in its discretion, elects to withdraw
from such service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
I.
Thatl the City Council of the City of Southlake
approves in principle the City's participation in Mutual Aid
Law Enforcement Task Force Agreements to be prepared in
accordance with the provisions of Article 999b, Vernon's
Annotated Texas Civil Statutes.
II.
That the City Council of the City of Southlake
hereby authorizes the Chief of Police of the City of
Southlake to seek out and negotiate with other political
subdivisions for the purpose of entering into Mutual Aid Law
Enforcement Task Agreements, which Agreements shall be
presented individually to the City Council for approval as
negotiated prior to their adoption.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Resolution shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Resolution.
IV.
This Resolution shall become effective and be in
full force and effect from and after the date of passage and
adoption by the City Council of the City of Southlake and
upon approval thereof by the Mayor eCity /S ake,
Texas, and publication hereof aspre y 1of J
Xt43 L 3 y.X MAYOR
Joh ny Westerholm
AT, EST : I
SANDRA L. LEGRAND, City Secretary
AP ROVED AS T RM:
City Attorney
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