2019-30779 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2019-30779
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE A MIAMI-DADE ISLAND CHIEFS REGIONAL MOBILE
FIELD FORCE MULTI-AGENCY OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE MUTUAL AID
AGREEMENT WHICH, IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT MUNICIPALITIES
PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY OF
2019, MAY NOW INCLUDE THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, CITY OF
AVENTURA AND CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS.
WHEREAS, Chapter 23, Part 1, of the Florida Statutes, known as the "Florida
Mutual Aid Act," authorizes law enforcement agencies to enter into mutual aid
agreements to enhance public safety; and
WHEREAS it is the responsibility of local municipalities to ensure the public
safety of their citizens by providing adequate levels of police service to address any
emergency situations necessitating operational assistance; and
WHEREAS, by and through their respective police departments, the City of
Miami Beach, City of Surfside, Village of Bal Harbour, Town of Bay Harbor Islands,
Town of Golden Beach, City of North Bay Village, City of North Miami, Village of Key
Biscayne and City of North Miami Beach, Florida, decided to join together and create a
multi jurisdictional unit known as the Miami-Dade County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile
Field Force Unit ("Regional Field Force Unit") intended to provide for operational
assistance across jurisdictional lines within Miami-Dade County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach passed
and adopted Resolution No. 2019-30702 at the February 13, 2019 City Commission
meeting which authorized the City Manager and City Clerk to execute a Mutual Aid
Agreement amongst those eight (8) municipalities, so the Miami Beach Police
Department, on behalf of the City of Miami Beach, can participate in this Regional Field
Force Unit; and
WHEREAS, since the February meeting of the City Commission, the City of
Coral Gables, City of Aventura, and City of Miami Gardens have also expressed interest
in entering into the Mutual Aid Agreement and participating in the Regional Field Force
Unit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, authorizing the City
Manager and City Clerk to execute a Miami-Dade County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile
Field Force Multi-Agency Operational Assistance Mutual Aid Agreement which, in
addition to the eight municipalities previously authorized by the City Commission in
February of 2019, may now include the City of Coral Gables, City of Aventura, and City
of Miami Gardens.
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: April 10, 2019
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A MIAMI-DADE ISLAND CHIEFS REGIONAL
MOBILE FIELD FORCE MULTI-AGENCY OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WHICH, IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT
MUNICIPALITIES PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, MAY NOW INCLUDE THE CITY OF
CORAL GABLES, CITY OF AVENTURA,AND CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS.
ANALYSIS
A Field Force Unit is a select and specially trained unit designed to provide a rapid, organized,
and disciplined response to civil disorders, crowd control episodes, or other emergency
situations. The goal of such a unit is to maintain or restore public order in the safest and most
efficient way.
Earlier this year, the police departments of several municipalities, each having their own Field
Force Units, decided to join together and create a multi jurisdictional unit known as the Miami-
Dade County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile Field Force Unit (Regional Field Force Unit)
intended to provide for operational assistance across jurisdictional lines within Miami-Dade
County, Florida. Law enforcement agencies are authorized, under Chapter 23, Part 1, of the
Florida Statutes, known as the "Florida Mutual Aid Act," to enter into such mutual aid
agreements to enhance public safety.
The goal of that Regional Field Force Unit is to join forces for a more efficient use of powers
and resources in order to provide higher quality of law enforcement services to the public. More
specifically, members of the Regional Field Force Unit, who participate in common trainings,
can request and render law enforcement assistance, utilizing their Field Force Units, to the other
participating agencies during major spontaneous incidents, special events, or other law
enforcement emergency situations necessitating assistance reasonably necessary to avoid or
quell a major calamity affecting the safety of persons or property within Miami-Dade County,
Florida.
All participating agencies contribute personnel and resources in support of the Regional Field
Force Unit efforts, with the operations of the Unit being coordinated by the City of Miami Beach
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Police Department and representatives of participating agencies. Participating in this Regional
Field Force Unit does not divert personnel and resources from the Miami Beach Police
Department, except when there is an extraordinary emergency. Miami Beach and all the
participating municipalities benefit from the training and availability of this Regional Field Force
Unit should an emergency take place in their jurisdiction.
On February 13, 2019, the Mayor and City Commission passed resolution 2019-30702
authorizing the City Manager and City Clerk to execute this Regional Field Force Unit Mutual Aid
Agreement(MAA)which, at the time, included the following municipalities:
The City of Miami Beach Police Department
The City of Surfside Police Department
The Village of Bal Harbour Police Department
The City of Bay Harbor Islands Police Department
The Town of Golden Beach Police Department
The City of North Miami Police Department
The City of North Miami Beach Police Department
The City of North Bay Village Police Department
The Village of Key Biscayne Police Department
The MBPD is today requesting the Mayor and the City Commission authorize the City Manager
and City Clerk to amend this Miami-Dade County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile Field Force
Multi-Agency Operational Assistance Mutual Aid Agreement to add the following municipalities:
the City of Coral Gables, City of Aventura, and City of Miami Gardens.
Legislative Tracking
Police
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
o Resolution- Regional Field Force MAA with new municipalities
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