PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. Each of the Parties to this Agreement hereby approves and enters into this Agreement whereby each Party may request and render law enforcement assistance to the other, to include but not necessarily be limited to dealing with civil disturbances, large protest demonstrations, aircraft disasters, fires, natural or manmade disasters, sporting events, concerts, parades, escapes from detention facilities, and incidents requiring utilization of specialized units or equipment, including special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and helicopter assistance.
PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. Each of the aforesaid law enforcement agencies hereby approve and enter into this agreement whereby each of the agencies may request and render law enforcement assistance to the other to include, but not necessarily be limited to, dealing with civil disturbances, law enforcement emergencies, large protest demonstrations, aircraft disasters, fires, hurricanes, tornadoes or other weather-related crises, sporting events, concerts, parades, escapes from detention facilities, and incidents requiring utilization of specialized units (such as bomb disposal units or special weapons and tactics units).
PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. The subscribing parties hereby approve and enter into this Agreement whereby each of the parties may request and render law enforcement assistance to the other to include, but not necessarily be limited to, dealing with civil disturbances, large protest demonstrations, aircraft disasters, fires, natural or man-made disasters, active shooters, terrorism incidents, sporting events, concerts, parades, escapes from detention facilities, and incidents requiring utilization of specialized units.
PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. EACH OF THE AFORESAID LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HEREBY APPROVE AND ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WHEREBY EACH OF THE AGENCIES MAY REQUEST AND/OR RENDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE OTHER IN DEALING WITH ANY VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE LIMITED TO, DEALING WITH CIVIL DISTURBANCES, LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCIES, LARGE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS, AIRCRAFT DISASTERS, FIRE, HURRICANES, TORNADOES, OR OTHER WEATHER RELATED CRISES, SPORTING EVENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, CONCERTS, PARADES, ESCAPES FROM DETENTION FACILITIES, INCIDENTS REQUIRING UTILIZATION OF SPECIALIZED UNITS.
PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. EACH OF THE AFORESAID LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HEREBY APPROVE AND ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT WHEREBY EACH OF THE AGENCIES MAY REQUEST AND RENDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE OTHER TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE LIMITED TO, DEALING WITH CIVIL DISTURBANCES, LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCIES, LARGE PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS, PRE-PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS, AIRCRAFT DISASTERS, FIRES, HURRICANES, TORNADOES OR OTHER WEATHER-RELATED CRISES, SPORTING EVENTS, CONCERTS, PARADES, ESCAPES FROM DETENTION FACILITIES, AND INCIDENTS REQUIRING UTILIZATION OF SPECIALIZED UNITS. IN THE EVENT THAT A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AS SET FORTH ABOVE, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AGENCY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE SHALL NOTIFY THE AGENCY HEAD OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE FROM WHOM SUCH ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED. THE AGENCY HEAD OR AUTHORIZED AGENCY REPRESENTATIVE WHOSE ASSISTANCE IS SOUGHT SHALL EVALUATE THE SITUATION AND THE AGENCY'S AVAILABLE RESOURCES, CONSULT WITH HIS/HER SUPERVISORS IF NECESSARY, AND WILL RESPOND IN A MANNER HE/SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE. THE AGENCY HEAD IN WHOSE JURISDICTION ASSISTANCE IS BEING RENDERED MAY DETERMINE WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO LEND ASSISTANCE IN HIS/HER JURISDICTION, FOR HOW LONG SUCH ASSISTANCE IS AUTHORIZED AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE SUCH AUTHORITY IS GRANTED. THIS AUTHORITY MAY BE GRANTED EITHER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING AS THE PARTICULAR SITUATION DICTATES. THE AGENCY HEAD'S DECISION IN THESE MATTERS SHALL BE FINAL.
PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE. The aforesaid law enforcement agencies hereby approve and enter into this Cooperation Agreement whereby each of the agencies may request and render law enforcement assistance to the other to include, but not necessarily be limited to dealing with, the following:
1. Joint multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations
2. Civil affray or disobedience, disturbances, riots, large protest demonstrations and assemblies, controversial trials, political conventions, labor disputes, and strikes.
3. Any natural disaster.
4. Incidents which require rescue operations and crowd and traffic control measures including, but not limited to, large-scale evacuations, aircraft and shipping disasters, fires, explosions, gas line leaks, radiological incidents, train wrecks and derailments, chemical or hazardous waste spills, and electrical power failures.
5. Terrorist activities including, but not limited to, acts of sabotage.
6. Escapes from, or disturbances within, prisoner processing facilities.
7. Hostage and barricaded subject situations, and aircraft piracy.
8. Control of major crime scenes, area searches, perimeter control, back-ups to emergency and in-progress calls, pursuits, and missing person calls.
9. Enemy attack.
10. Transportation of evidence requiring security.
11. Major events, e.g., sporting events, concerts, parades, fairs, festivals, and conventions.
12. Security and escort duties for dignitaries.
13. Incidents requiring utilization of specialized units; e.g., underwater recovery, aircraft, canine, motorcycle, bomb, crime scene and police information.
14. Emergency situations in which one agency cannot perform its functional objective.
15. Joint training in areas of mutual need.
16. Joint multi-jurisdictional marine interdiction operations.
17. Off-duty special events.
18. DUI Checkpoints. The following procedures will apply in mutual aid operations:
1. Mutual aid requested or rendered will be approved by the Chief of Police, or his/her designee.
2. Specific reporting instructions for personnel rendering mutual aid will be included in the request for mutual aid. In the absence of such instructions, personnel will report to the ranking on-duty supervisor on the scene.
3. Communications instructions will be included in each request for mutual aid and each agency's communications centers will maintain radio contact with each other until the mutual aid situation has ended.
4. Incidents requiring mass processing of arrestees, transporting prisoners, and operating t...
