C7Q-Execute Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement Abduction Of ChildrenCOMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, approving and
authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement
between the Miami Beach Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Miami
Regional Operations Child Abduction Response Team, a multi-agency team formed to investigate and
prosecute persons involved in the abduction of children and provide a response to missing and
endangered children.
Key Intended Outcome Supported:
Maintain crime rates at or below national trends.
Supporting Data (Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc.): Participating in the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement Miami Regional Child Abduction Response Team enables the City of Miami
Beach the ability to have access to resources beyond the capability of the MBPD relative to child
abductions, missing and endangered children. In essence this is a force multiplier relative to the
dentification and apprehension of subjects who commit these types of crimes on Miami Beach.
Item Summary/Recommendation:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has formed the Child Abduction Response Team (CART)
comprised of police agencies in the Miami region. The CART is designed to provide a group of
investigators to investigate and prosecute persons involved in child abductions an respond to missing
and endangered children in the Miami region. The primary goal of CART is to rescue abducted
children and arrest the perpetrators of these crimes. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has
requested the Miami Beach Police Department's participation in the Miami Regional CART. The
Miami Beach Police Department places a high priority on the prevention, investigation and prosecution
of persons involved in child abductions, child kidnapping an allegations of endangerment utilizing
detectives assigned to the Special Victim's Squad. The CART is a great benefit to the City of Miami
Beach as a result of the increased investigative resources and the participating law enforcement
agencies and thereby improves the effectiveness of the Miami Beach Police Department. To facilitate
this process detectives assigned to the Special Victim's Squad would respond to investigate these
type of crimes when available and operationally feasible. When a child abduction investigation would
require resources beyond the capabilities of MBPD investigators, investigators assigned to the CART
would respond to the City of Miami Beach.
Advisory Board Recommendation:
Financial Information:
Source of Amount
Funds: 1
D 2
3
OBPI Total
Financial Impact Summary:
City Clerk's .OJfit;.J)_ Legislatjye Tracking:
Michael G111e'f1;''M~a~r
Planning and Research Section
Si n-Offs:
Department Director Assistant City Manager
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and M
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: October 16, 2013
Subject: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAY RAND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A VOLUNTARY COOPERATION
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, MIAMI REGIONAL OPERATIONS CHILD ABDUCTION
RESPONSE TEAM, A MULTI~AGENCY TEAM, FORMED TO INVESTIGATE
AND PROSECUTE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ABDUCTION OF
CHILDREN, AND PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO MISSING AND
ENDANGERED CHILDREN.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Resolution
ANALYSIS
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has formed the Child Abduction Response
Team (CART) comprised of police agencies in the Miami region. The CART is designed
to provide a group of investigators to investigate and prosecute persons involved in
child abductions an respond to missing and endangered children in the Miami region.
The primary goal of CART is to rescue abducted children and arrest the perpetrators of
these crimes. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has requested the Miami
Beach Police Department's participation in the Miami Regional CART. The Miami Beach
Police Department places a high priority on the prevention, investigation and prosecution
of persons involved in child abductions, child kidnapping an allegations of endangerment
utilizing detectives assigned to the Special Victim's Squad. The CART is a great benefit
to the City of Miami Beach as a result of the increased investigative resources and the
participating law enforcement agencies and thereby improves the effectiveness of the
Miami Beach Police Department. To facilitate this process detectives assigned to the
Special Victim's Squad would respond to investigate these type of crimes when
available and operationally feasible. When a child abduction investigation would require
resources beyond the capabilities of MBPD investigators, investigators assigned to the
CART would respond to the City of Miami Beach.
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