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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ISLAND CHIEFS
REGIONAL MOBILE FIELD FORCE
MULTI-AGENCY OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
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WHEREAS, the below-subscribed Law Enforcement Agencies have determined that as individual
governmental units with duties and responsibilities for the protection of our communities and the
enforcement of criminal laws, they can make a more efficient use of their powers and resources by
providing a higher quality of law enforcement services to the public through the coordination of
existing units, pursuant to the Florida Mutual Aid Act, Section 23.12 et seq., of the Florida Statutes;
and
WHEREAS, the below-subscribed Law Enforcement Agencies each have their own field force units and
have joined together in a multi-jurisdictional unit known as the Miami-Dade County Island Chiefs
Regional Mobile Field Force Unit intended to provide for operational assistance across jurisdictional
lines within Miami-Dade County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the below-subscribed Law Enforcement Agencies have the authority under Part 1, Chapter
23, Florida Statutes, "the Florida Mutual Aid Act," to enter into an operational assistance agreement for
law enforcement cooperation and assistance that crosses jurisdictional lines within Miami-Dade County,
Florida;
NOW THEREFORE,the parties agree as follows:
,Each of the undersigned Law Enforcement Agencies approve, authorize and enter into this Miami-Dade
County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile Field Force Multi-Agency Operational Assistance Mutual Aid
Agreement ("Agreement") to implement within the jurisdictional and other limits as noted herein the
Miami-Dade County Island Chiefs Regional Mobile Field Force Unit ("Unit") for the purposes and goals
indicated.
The following Law Enforcement Agencies are parties (collectively, the "Parties" or "Agencies" or
individually a "Party" or"Agency")to this Agreement:
The City of Aventura Police Department
The Village of Bal Harbour Police Department
The Town of Bay Harbor Islands Police Department
The City of Coral Gables Police Department
The Town of Golden Beach Police Department
The City of Miami Beach Police Department
The Town of North Bay Village Police Department
The City of North Miami Police Department
The City of North Miami Beach Police Department
The Village of Key Biscayne Police Department
The City of Sunny Isles Beach Police Department
The Town of Surfside Police Department /
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Additional parties may enter into this Agreement at a later date as evidenced by their signing of this
Agreement. Any Party may cancel its participation in this Agreement upon delivery of written notice of
cancellation to the other Parties and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
UNIT PURPOSE AND ASSISTANCE TO BE RENDERED:
The purpose of this Agreement is declared to be the coordination of the Agencies' Law enforcement
officers to the Unit. Each Agency shall undertake a strategic assessment of their operational capabilities
to respond to major spontaneous incidents, special events, or other law enforcement emergency
situations necessitating assistance. It is the intent of the Parties to agree upon common training and
support functions. In order to provide for operational assistance, each of the Agencies hereby approves
and enters into this Agreement whereby each of the Agencies may request and render law enforcement
assistance, and providing their filed force unit law enforcement officers to the other Agencies during
major spontaneous incidents, special events, or other law enforcement emergency situations
necessitating assistance that is reasonably necessary to ensure the safety of persons or property within
Miami-Dade County, Florida.
The Parties to this Agreement are contributing law enforcement officers and resources in support of the
Unit's efforts, with the operations of the Unit being coordinated by each Agency, the field force team
Commander, and representatives of participating Unit Agencies.
PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING AND AUTHORIZING OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
Execution of this Agreement and continued participation by one or more Agencies shall constitute a
general reciprocal, continuing request for, and granting of, operational assistance between the Agencies
of the Unit, which shall be considered authorized in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and Florida Statutes.
1) A request for operational assistance shall be made by the incident commander of the requesting
Agency,or his/her designee. S ,
2) A responding Agency will provide operational assistance, only to the extent that such law
enforcement officers and equipment are not required for the adequate protection of the responding
Agency's jurisdiction. The Chief of Police of the responding Agency, or his/her designee, shall have the
sole authority to determine the amount of law enforcement officers and equipment, if any, available for
such operational assistance.
3) Whenever the of one Agency law enforcement officers are rendering aid to another Agency
pursuant to the authority contained in this Agreement, such law enforcement officers shall have the
same powers, duties, rights and immunities as if taking action within their employing police
department's jurisdiction.
4) Law enforcement officers responding to an operational assistance request shall operate under
the direction and authority of the commanding officer of the requesting Agency.
5) All wage and disability payments, pensions,workers' compensation claims and medical expenses
of responding Agency's law enforcement officers shall be paid by his or her employing Agency, unless
the requesting Agency is reimbursed by. other Agencies, authorities, persons, or political entities
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specifically for the same. However, when the Agency directing the operational assistance is negligent in
the command of the situation or the law enforcement officers, the directing Agency will be responsible
for costs arising out of any injury to other Agency's law enforcement officers.
6) Each Agency shall be responsible for bearing any costs associated with the loss or damage of its
equipment or property used during a Unit operation. However, when the Agency directing the
operational assistance is negligent in the command of the situation,the law enforcement officers, or the
equipment or property, the directing Agency will be responsible for the costs of loss or damage to
responding Agency's equipment or property.
7) Each Agency shall bear all costs associated with any negligent act taken by law enforcement
officers of their Agency, unless such act was ordered by the officer directing the operational assistance
request. In that case, any civil liability that might arise will be the responsibility of the requesting
Agency whose officer was directing the operational assistance situation.
_,JURISDICTION, ORGANIZATION, COMMAND AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
The principal site of Unit activity shall be in Miami-Dade County, only within the jurisdictional
boundaries of the Agencies. Law enforcement officers providing services to the Unit shall enjoy full
jurisdictional authority anywhere within the jurisdictional bounds of the Agencies, with full power to
enforce Florida laws and avail themselves of the provisions of this Agreement only when engaged in Unit
operations. Law enforcement officers operating outside the jurisdiction of their Agency shall not enjoy
extra-jurisdictional authority as law enforcement officers, unless specifically engaged in approved Unit
activities as stated herein. The Parties to this Agreement recognize that any extension of jurisdictional
authority beyond the boundaries of their emplo,ying Agency is by reason of this Agreement as provided
by the "Florida Mutual Aid Act" and applicable Florida State Statutes. Pursuant to Section 23.127(1), of
the Florida State Statutes, designated law enforcement officers of the Agencies participating in the Unit
shall, when engaging in authorized mutual cooperation and operational assistance pursuant to this
Agreement, have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as when performing duties
inside the political subdivision in which the law enforcement officers is normally employed.
The resources assigned by the responding Agency shall be under the immediate command of a
supervising law enforcement officer designated by the responding Agency. Such supervising officer shall
be under the command of the commanding officer of the requesting Agency. Wherever a law
enforcement officer renders assistance pursuant to this Agreement, the law enforcement officer shall
abide by and be subject to the rules and regulations, personnel policies, use of force policies, general
orders and standard operating procedures of his/her own Agency. If any such rule, regulation,
personnel policy, general order or standing operating procedure is contradicted, contravened or
otherwise in conflict with a direct order of a superior officer of the requesting Agency, then such rule,
regulation, policy,general order or standard operating procedure of the responding Agency shall control
and shall supersede the direct order of the superior officer of the requesting Agency.The conflict should
be relayed immediately to the superior officer.
A. Advisory Board
An advisory board ("Advisory Board") shall be created for the Unit. Upon execution of this Agreement,
the Advisory Board will consist of the Chief of Police or his/her designee of each Agency. Each Agency
will only have one vote on the Advisory Board. Representation of at least two thirds (2/3) of the
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Agencies must be present to have a quorum. The Advisory Board, each year, shall elect an Advisory
Board chair person. The chair person will be tasked with creating the meeting agenda and presenting
the needs and potential changes for the Unit. The Advisory Board shall oversee the coordination of
training of the Unit as well as developing agreed upon standards for the Unit. The Advisory Board shall
meet a minimum of two (2) times each year with notice of meetings delivered at least ten (10) days in
advance to each Advisory Board member.
B. Personnel
Each Agency shall retain fullresponsibility for compensation, including, but not limited to: liability
insurance, retirement benefits, workers' compensation, and discipline of their own law enforcement
officers assigned to the Unit.
LIABILITY AND COST-RELATED ISSUES:
Each Agency engaging in any mutual cooperation and assistance pursuant to this Agreement agrees to
assume its own liability and responsibility for the acts, omission, or conduct of such Agency's own law
enforcement officers while such law enforcement officers are engaged in rendering such aid,
cooperation and assistance pursuant to this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 768.28,
Florida Statutes,where applicable.
Each Agency agrees to furnish necessary personnel, property, police equipment, vehicles, resources and
facilities to render services to each other Agency to this Agreement in order to affect the purposes of
the Unit and agrees to bear the cost of loss or damage to such equipment, vehicles, or property, except
as set forth above and below. The Agencies understand and agree that they will be responsible for their
own liability and bear their own costs with regard to their property and resources, except under
circumstances in which damage or property loss is a result of negligence by the Agency directing the
operational assistance and in command of the situation as set forth above and below.
Each Agency furnishing aid pursuant to this Agreement shall compensate its law enforcement officers
during the time such aid is rendered and shall defray the actual expenses of its law enforcement officers
while they are rendering such aid, including any amounts paid or due for compensation due to personal
injury or death while such law enforcement officers are engaged in rendering such aid. The privileges
and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances, and rules, and all pension, insurance,
relief, disability, workers' compensation, salary (including overtime compensation or compensatory
time), death and other benefits that apply to the activity of an law enforcement officers of an Agency
when performing the law enforcement officer's duties within the territorial limits of the law
enforcement officer's Agency shall apply to the law enforcement officers to the same degree, manner,
and extent while such law enforcement officers act under this Agreement.
Each Agency agrees to maintain its own comprehensive general liability insurance, professional liability
insurance, and automotive liability insurance or maintain a self-insuring fund for the term of this
Agreement in the amounts determined by each Agency to adequately insure such Agency's liability
assumed herein. In no event shall such coverage be less than the statutory waiver of sovereign
immunity.
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COMPLAINTS AGAINST UNIT MEMBERS:
Whenever a complaint has been lodged as a result of the Unit's efforts, a designee of the Unit shall
ascertain at a minimum:
The identity of the complainant(s) and an address where the complainant(s) may be contacted, the
nature of the complaint and supporting evidence or facts as may be available, including the names and
addresses of witnesses to that which has been complained about, the identity of the Unit participant(s)
accused and the Agency(ies) of the participant(s) accused.
The information will be promptly provided to each affected Agency for administrative review and
appropriate handling or disposition by the respective Agency that the complaint was lodged against.
COPY TO EACH PARTICIPATING AGENCY:
When this Agreement is fully executed, a copy shall be provided to each participating Agency so that
each Agency shall be fully aware of the powers, limitations, and expectations applicable to the Unit and
law enforcement officers.
TERM OF AGREEMENT:
This Agreement shall be effective as to the executing Agency upon execution by one or more
participating Agencies. As each additional Party executes this Agreement, it shall be effective as to the
newly executing Party. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts for dissemination to all Parties,
and such counterparts shall be of the same force and effect as the original. Execution of this Agreement
may be signified by properly signing a separate signature page, the original of which shall be returned
to, and maintained by, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Mutual Aid Coordinator, P.O. Box
1489,Tallahassee, Florida 32302.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to all participating Parties until April 1, 2024,
unless earlier terminated in writing. Any party may withdraw from this Agreement upon providing
written notice to the other Parties, upon sixty(60) day notice.
This Agreement may be renewed by Agreement of the Participating Agencies and execution of a new
Agreement. Any written cancellation or extension shall be forwarded to FDLE at the address identified
above.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ISLAND CHIEFS REGIONAL MOBILE FIELD FORCE MULTI-AGENCY OPERATIONAL
ASSISTANCE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
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City of Aventura
Date:
Ronald J. Wasson
City Manager
Date:
Byran Pegues, Chief
Aventura Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Teresa M. So ro ka
City Clerk
Aventura, Florida
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Village of Bal Harbour
Date:
Jorge Gonzalez
Village Manager
Date:
Raleigh Flowers, Chief
Bal Harbour Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Dwight Da n ie
Clerk
Bal Harbour, Florida
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Town of Bay Harbor Islands
Date:
Juan Jimenez
Town Manager
Date:
Sean Hemingway, Chief
Bay Harbor Islands Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Marlene Siegel
Town Clerk
Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
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City of Coral Gables
Date:
Peter Iglesias
City Manager
Date:
Edward Hudak,Chief
Coral Gables Police Department,
ATTEST:
Date:
Billy Urquia
City Clerk
Coral Cables, Florida
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Town of Golden Beach
Date:
Alexander Diaz
Town Manager
Date:
Rudy Herbello, Chief
Golden Beach Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Lissette Perez
Town Clerk
Golden Beach, Florida
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City of Miami Beach
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. Date:
Jimmy Morals
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DaCii. Oates, Chief
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Miami Beach, Florida
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Town of North Bay Village
Date:
Ralph Rosado
City Manager
Date:
Brian Collins, Chief
North Bay Village Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Elora Riera
Town Clerk
North Bay Village, Florida
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City of North Miami
Date:
Larry Spring Jr.
City Manager
Date:
Larry Juriga, Chief
North Miami Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Michael Etienne
City Clerk
North Miami, Florida
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City of North Miami Beach
Date:
Esmond Scott
City Manager
Date:
William Hernandez, Chief
North Miami Beach Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Pamela Latimore
City Clerk
North Miami Beach, Florida
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Village of Key Biscayne
Date:
Andrea Agha
City Manager
Date:
Charles Press,Chief
Key Biscayne Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Jennifer Medina
Village Clerk
Key Biscayne, Florida
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City of Sunny Isles Beach
Date:
Christopher Russo
City Manager
Date:
Dwight Snyder, Chief
Sunny Isles Beach Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Mauricio Betancur
City Clerk
Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
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Town of Surfside
Date:
Guillermo Olmedillo
City Manager
Date:
Julio Vero,Chief
Surfside Police Department
ATTEST:
Date:
Sandra Novoa
Town Clerk
Surfside, Florida
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