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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAIlVT PA�TL, MINNESOTA
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RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul, Police Department, is authorized to enter into the attached govemmenta�
Joint Powers Agreement to provide law enforcement assistance to other law enforcement agencies of ottxer
govemmental units to effectively and efficiently maintain the peace and apprehension of ci'iininals.
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Signatures on the attached council resolution auffiorizing the City of Saint Paul, Police Department to enter into the attached Joim
Powers Agreement with other law enforcement agencies (see agreement).
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
Perso�al Service CnntCacts Must Mswer the Following Questions:
1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a corrtract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this persoNfirtn ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Dces this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
curcent city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separete sheet and attach to green sheet.
Initiating Problem, lssues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
The Saint Paul Police Department will participate with other law enforcemem govemmental agencies to effectively and efficiently
maintain the peace and apprehend criminals. Authorizarion is needed to enter Snto the attached Joint Powers Agreement. ,
AdvanWgeslfApproved:
Opportunity to parhier with other ]aw enforcement agencies to address law enforcement issues that one agency may not be able to
effecfively and e�ciently address alone.
DisadvanWges If Approved:
None.
Disadvantages N Not Approved:
Lost opportuni.ty to parhter with other law enfotcement agencies to address law enforcement issues that one agency may not be able to
do alone.
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Trensaction:
Funding Source:
Financial Information:
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30INT POWERS AGREEMENT
The parties to this Agreement are the Roseville Police Department, New Brighton Police
Department, White Bear Lake Police Department, Maplewood Police Department,
Mounds View Police Department, St. Anthony Police Department, I�iorth Saint Paul
Police Deparhnent, Ramsey County Sheriffs Office, Saint Paui Police Deparhnent, and
Minnesota State Patrol.
Whereas, Minn. Stat. § 471.59 authorizes governmental units to enter into joint powers
agreements and Minn. Stat. § 12.27 authorizes governmental units to enter into mutual
aid agreements;
Whereas, all of the parties to this Agreement are governmental units under Minn. Stat. §
471.59;
Whereas, all parties recognize that there are circumstances where the assistance of law
enforcement agencies of other governmental units is important in effectively and
efficiently maintaining the peace and apprehending criminals;
Whereas, all parties are desirous of having their respective officers extend their services
beyond their respective jurisdictions for the purpose of providing assistance and
enforcing the laws in agreed-upon situations; and
Whereas, the parties believe that the establishment of a procedure whereby a party to this
Agreement may provide to another party, personnel or equipment, in order to address law
enforcement issues that one agency may not be able to effectively and efficiently address
alone would be of great benefit to the public health, safety, and welfare of their citizens.
Now therefore, the parties, pursuant to the authority contained in Minn. Stat. § 471.59,
agree to the following:
A. Purpose
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide law enforcement assistance to the parties to
this Agreement in circumstances where such assistance would enable a party to more
effectively and efficiently deal with a situation involving public safety than the sole use
of its own law enforcement agency. Examples of such situations include, but are not
limited to, the following: (1) concentrated alcohol patrols; (2) pianned events or
gatherings of citizens which are reasonably expected to draw a large crowd and which
may therefore require extensive crowd control and law enforcement efforts; and (3)
enforcement of traffic laws, including, but not limited to, speeding, seatbelt requirements,
and monitoring of raiiroad crossings. The intent of this Agreement is to enable the
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parties to make equipment, personnel, and other resources available to another party of
this Agreement for the purposes set fortb in this paragraph.
B. Definitions
"Part�': For purposes of this Agreement, the Roseville Police Department,
New Brighton Police Department, White Bear Lake Police Department,
Maplewood Police Department, Mounds View Police Department, St. Antt�ony
Police Depariment, North Saint Paul Police Department, Ramsey County
Sheriffs Office, Saint Paul Police Deparlment, and Minnesota State Patrol are
tl�e parties. A party will either be a party "requesting" assistance ("Requesting
Party") or a party "responding" to the request for assistance ("Responding
Part}�').
2. "Requesting Official" means the person (or persons) designated by a party who
is responsible far requesting assistance from other parties.
3. "Requesting Party" means a party that requests assistance from other parties.
4. "Responding Official" means the person (or persons) designated by a party
who is responsible to determine whether and to what extent that party should
provide assistance to a Requesting Party.
5. "Responding Party° means a party that provides assistance to a Requesting
Party.
6. "Assistance" means law enfarcement personnel, equipment, and/or services
provided by the Responding Party to the Requesting Party.
C. Procedure
1. Authorized Representatives. Each party shall designate the appropriate
official(s) within its jurisdiction who are empowered to request assistance with
a law enforcement project that falls within the purpose of this Agreement (i.e.
the "Requesting Official") and to respond to requests for assistance from other
Parties (i.e. the "Responding Official") under the terms of this Agreement.
The parties shall notify each other of the names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of the authorized Requesting Official(s) and Responding Official(s).
Requesting assistance. Whenever, in the opinion of a Requesting Official,
there is a need for assistance from other parties to address a law enforcement
issue, the Requesting Official may call upon the Responding Official of any
other party to fwnish assistance.
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Responding to request. Upon receiving the request for assistance from the
Requesting Party, the Responding Official may authorize and direct his/her
party's personnel to provide assistance to the Requesting Party. This decision
will be made after considering the needs of the Responding Party and the
availability of resources. The determination of whether or not to provide the
requested assistance shall be made exclusively by the Responding Official and
shall be conclusive. Neither the Responding Party, nor any officer or
employee of the Responding Party, shall be liable to any other Party or to any
other person for failing to respond or provide assistance to the Requesting
Party. Any responding peace officer acting pursuant to this Agreement has the
full and complete authority of a peace officer as though appointed by the
Requesting Party.
4. Recall of Assistance. The Responding Official may at any time recall such
assistance when in his or her best judgment, or by an order from the governino
body of the Responding Party, it is considered to be in the best interests of the
Responding Party to do so. Neither the Responding Party, nor any officer or
employee of the Responding Party, shall be liable to any other party or to any
other person far recalling assistance under this provasion.
5. Command of Operation. The Requesting Party shail be in conunand of the
operation in the sense that the Requesting Pariy will serve as the resource for
other parties if they have questions concerning the operation. The Requesting
Party wi11 be the liaison between the parties participating in the operation.
D. Authority of Peace Officers.
Personnel of a party acting under this Agreement in the jurisdiction of another party are
acting in the line of duty and in the course of employment and are authorized to exercise
the powers of a peace officer therein.
E. Disposition of Property.
When an arrest is made pursuant to this Agreement, the party making the arrest will
follow its own policies associated with arrests. The retention and disposition of seized
and forfeited property will become the responsibility of the party in the jurisdiction where
the arrest is made. The party making the arrest will forward any seized and farfeited
property to the jurisdiction where the anest is made and the party in the arresting
jurisdiction will dispose of it in accordance with their policies and any applicable laws.
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F. Liability.
Each party shall be responsible for its own personnel and equipment and for injuries or
death to any such personnel or damage to any such equipment.
Worker's compensation. Each party will maintain workers' compensation
insurance or self-insurance coverage, covering its own personnel while they
are providing assistance pursuant to this Agreement. Each party waives the
right to sue any other pariy for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its
own employee or volunteer or their dependants, even if the injuries were
caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other party or it officers,
employees, or volunteers.
2. Damage to equipment. Each party shall be responsible for damages to or loss
of its own equipment. Each party waives the right to sue any other party for
any damages to or loss of its equipment, even if the damages or losses were
caused wholly or partiaily by the negligence of any other party or its offacers,
employees, or valunteers.
Liability to third parties. Each party agrees that it will be responsible for its
own acts and/or omSssions and those of its officials, employees,
representatives, and agents in carrying out the terms of this Agreement and the
results thereof, to the extent authorized by law, and shall not be responsible for
the acts andlor omissions of any other party and the results thereof.
Under no circumstances, however, shall a party be required to pay, on behalf of
itself and other parties, any amounts in excess of the limits on liability
established in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 466 applicable tp any one party.
The limits of liability for some or all of the parties may not be added together
to determine the maximum amount of liability for any party. Nothing in this
Agreement sha11 constitute a waiver of the rights, benefits, immuniues, and
privileges that each party is entitled to under federai law or state law.
G. Charges to the Requesting Party
No charges will be levied by a Responding Party to this Agreement for assistance
rendered to a Requesting Party under the terms of this Agreement unless agreed to by the
parties.
H. Duration
This Agreement will remain effective for all parties unless a party withdraws from this
Agreement as provided by this paragraph. Any party may withdraw from this Agreement
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upon thirty (30) days written notice to the other parties to the Agreement. In the event
any party withdraws from the Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect between the remaining parties to this Agreement, subject to any modifications
made pursuant to paragraph K of this Agreement.
I. Posting of Agreement
A copy of this Agreement shali be posted at the headquarters of each party's law
enforcement agency.
J. Similar Agreements
In the event that any of the parties to this Agreement have entered into mutual aid
agreements with another party or parties to this Agreement or other non-parties, those
Agreements remain in effect, and this Agreement shall not limit any of the parties in
connection with any obligations a party may have under similar agreements. If any of the
parties have previousiy entered into agreements with one or more of the other parties to
this Agreement and those agreements are for the same purpose as this Agreement, this
Agreement will supersede the previous agreement. Any party may enter into other
mutuai aid agreements without consultation with the other parties.
K. Government Data Practices
Nothing in this Agreement can be construed to be contrary to Minnesota Statutes,
Chapter 13, Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. All of the data created,
coliected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the parties in performing
functions under this Agreement is subject to the requirements of the Minnesota
Government Data Practices Act and all parties must comply with those requirements. If
any provision in this Agreement is in confllct with the Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act, the Act wiil control,
L. Liability Insurance
Each party shall provide its own liability insurance that affords coverage to it while
performing responsible functions outside its jurisdiction pursuant to this Agreement. The
insurance coverage obtained will be in at least the liability limits set forth in Minnesota
Statute Section 466.04. Each party agrees to modify its coverage to reflect statutory
increases in liability limits that occur during the term of this Agreement. No party waives
its immunities under Minnesota law.
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M. Modifications
All amendments or modificarions to t3us Agreement must be in writing and approved by
all parties and included or attached to this Agreement.
N. Severability
The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable, and if any provision, or any portion
thereof, contained in this Agreement is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement or portion thereof shall remain in full farce and effect.
O. Entire Agreement
This Agreement and any modifications to this Agreement in accordance with paragraph
K constitutes the enrire agreement of the parties hereto. Except as stated in this
Agreement, no party has relied on any statement, promise, inducement, or representation
of the other. This Agreement supersedes any and all prior statements and agreements
between the parties relating to the subject matter contained herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized officers pursuant to the authority granted by the attached
resolutions adopted by the goveraing bodies of the parties.
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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
The parties to this Agreement are the Roseville Police Department, New Brighton Police
Depamnent, White Bear Lake Police Department, Maplewood Police Department,
Mounds View Police Department, St. Anthony Police Department, North Saint Paul
Police Department, Ramsey County Sheriffs Office, Saint Paul Police Department, and
Minnesota State Patrol.
Whereas, Minn. Stat. § 471.59 authorizes governmental units to enter into joint powers
agreements and Minn. Stat. § 12.27 authorizes governmental units to enter into mutual
aid agreements;
Wbereas, all of the parties to this Agreement are governmental units under Minn. Stat. §
471.59;
Whereas, all parties recognize that there are circumstances where the assistance of law
enforcement agencies of other govemmental units is important in effectively and
efficienUy maintaining the peace and apprehending criminals;
Whereas, all parties are desirous of having their respective officers extend their services
beyond their respective jurisdictions for the purQose of providing assistance and
enforcing the laws in agreed-upon situations; and
Whereas, the parties believe that the establishment of a procedure whereby a party to this
Agreement may provide to another party, personnel or equipment, in order to address law
enforcement issues that one agency may not be able to effectively and efficiently address
alone would be of great benefit to the public health, safety, and weifare of their citizens.
Now therefore, the parties, pursuant to the authority contained in Minn. Stat. § 471.59,
agree to the foliowing:
A. Purpose
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide law enforcement assistance to the parties to
this Agreement in circumstances where such assistance would enable a party to more
effectively and efficienfly deal with a situation involving public safety than the sole use
of its own law enforcement agency. Examples of such situations include, but are not
limited to, the following: (1) concentrated alcohol patrols; (2) planned events or
gatherings of citizens which are reasonably expected to draw a large crowd and which
may therefore require extensive crowd control and law enforcement efforts; and (3)
enforcement of traffic laws, including, but not lunited to, speeding, seatbelt requirements,
and monitoring of railroad crossings. The intent of Y1us Agreement is to enable the
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parties to make equipment, personnei, and other resources available to another party of
this Agreement far the purposes set forth in this paragraph.
B. Definitions
"Part}�': For purposes of this Agreement, the Roseville Police Department,
New Brighton Police Depamnent, Wtute Bear Lake Police Department,
Maplewood Police Department, Mounds View Police Department, St. Anthony
Police Department, North Saint Paul Police Department, Ramsey County
Sheriffs Office, Saint Paul Police Department, and Minnesota State Patrol are
the parkies. A party will either be a party "requesting" assistance ("Requesting
Party") or a party "responding" to the request for assistance ("Responding
Part�').
2. "Requesting Official" means the person (or persons) designated by a pariy who
is responsible for requesting assistance from other parties.
"Requesting Party" means a party that requests assistance from other parties.
4. "Responding Official" means the person (or persons) designated by a party
who is responsible to detennine whether and to what extent that party should
provide assistance to a Requesting Party.
5. "Responding Party" means a party that provides assistance to a Requesting
Party.
6. "Assistance" means law enforcement personnel, equipment, andlor services
provided by the Responding Party to the Requesting Party.
C. Procedure
1. Authorized Representatives. Each party shall designate the appropriate
official(s) within its jurisdiction who are empowered to request assistance with
a law enforcement project that falis withisi the purpose of this Agreement (i.e.
the "Requesting Official") and to respond to requests for assistance from other
Parties (i.e. the "Responding Official") under the terms of this Agreement.
The parties shall norify each other of the names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of the authorized Requesting Official(s) and Responding Official(s}.
2. Requesfing assistance. Whenever, in the opinion of a Requesting Official,
there is a need for assistance from other parties to address a law enforcement
issue, the Requesting Official may call upon the Responding Official of any
other party to furnish assistance.
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3. Responding to request. Upon receiving the request for assistance from the
Requesting Party, the Responding Official may authorize and direct his/her
parry's personnel to provide assistance to the Requesting Pariy. This decision
will be made after considering the needs of the Responding Party and the
availability of resources. The deternunation of whether or not to provide the
requested assistance shall be made exclusively by the Responding Official and
shall be conclusive. Neither the Responding Party, nor any officer or
employee of the Responding Party, shall be liabie to any other Party or to any
other person for failing to respond or provide assistance to the Requesting
Party. Any responding peace officer acting pursuant to this Agreement has the
full and complete authority of a peace officer as though appainted by the
Requesting Party.
Recall of Assistance. The Responding Official may at any time recall such
assistance when in his or her best judgment, or by an order from the governing
body of the Responding Party, it is considered to be in tl�e best interests of the
Responding Party to do so. Neither the Responding Party, nor any officer or
employee of the Responding Party, shall be liabie to any other party or to any
other person far recalling assistance under this provision.
5. Command of Operation. The Requesting Party shall be in command of the
operation in the sense that the Requesting Pariy will serve as the resource for
other parties if they have questions concerning the operation. The Requesfing
Party wili be the liaison between the parties participating in the operation.
D. Authority of Peace Officers.
Personnel of a party acting under this Agreement in the jurisdiction of another party are
acting in the line of duty and in the course of employment and are authorized to exercise
the powers of a peace officer therein.
E. Disposition of Property.
When an arrest is made pursuant to this Agreement, the party making the arrest will
follow its own policies associated with arrests. The retention and disposirion of seized
and forfeited property wili become the responsibility of the party in the jurisdiction where
the arrest is made. The party making the arrest will forward any seized and forfeited
property to the jurisdiction where the arrest is made and the party in the arresting
jurisdiction will dispose of it in accordanee with their policies and any applicable laws.
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F. Liability.
Each pariy shali be responsible for its own personnel and equipment and for injuries or
death to any such personnel or damage to any such equipment.
Worker's compensation. Each party will maintain workers' compensation
insurance or self-insurance coverage, covering its own personnel while they
are providing assistance pursuant to this Agreement. Each party waives the
right to sue any other pariy for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its
own empioyee or volunteer or their dependants, even if the injuries were
caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other party or it o£ficers,
employees, or volunteers.
2. Damage to equipment. Each party sha11 be responsible for damages to or loss
of its own equipment. Each party waives the right to sue any other party for
any damages to or loss of its equipment, even if the damages or losses were
caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other party or its officers,
employees, or volunteers.
3. Liability to third parties. Each party agrees that it will be responsible for its
own acts and/or omissions and those of its officials, employees,
representatives, and agents in carrying out the terms of this Agreement and the
results thereof, to the extent authorized by law, and shall not be responsible for
the acts and/ar omissions of any other party and the results thereof.
Under no circumstances, however, shall a party be required to pay, on behalf of
itself and other parties, any amounts in excess of the limits on liability
established in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 466 applicable to any one party.
The limits of liability for some or all of the parties may not be added together
to determine the maximum amount of liabiliry for any party. Nothing in this
Agreement shall constitute a waiver of the rights, benefits, immunities, and
privileges that each party is entitled to under federal law or state law.
G. Charges to the Requesting Party
No charges will be levied by a Responding Pariy to this Agreement for assistance
rendered to a Requesting Party under the terms of this Agreement unless agreed to by the
parties.
H. Duration
This Agreement wiil remain effective far all parties unless a party withdraws from this
Agreement as provided by this paragraph. Any party may withdraw from this Agreement
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upon thiity (30) days written notice to the other parties to the Agreement. In the event
any party withdraws from the Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect between the remaining parties to this Agreement, subject to any modifications
made pursuant to paragraph K of this Agreement.
I. Posting of Agreement
A copy of this Agreement shail be posted at the headquarters of each party's law
enforcement agency.
J. Similar Agreements
In the event that any of the parties to this Agreement have entered into mutual aid
agreements with another party or parties to this Agreement or other non-parties, those
Agreements remain in effect, and this Agreemettt shall not limit any of the parties in
connection with any obligations a party may have under similar agreements. If any of the
parties have previously entered into agreements with one or more of the other parties to
this Agreement and those agreements are for the same purpose as this Agreement, this
Agreement will supersede the previous agreement. Any party may enter into other
mutual aid agreements without consultation with the other parties.
K. Government Data Practices
Nothing in this Agreement can be construed to be contrary to Minnesota Statutes,
Chapter 13, Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. All of the data created,
collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the parties in performing
functions under this Agreement is subject to the requirements of the Minnesota
Government Data Practices Act and all parties must comply with those requirements. If
any provision in this Agreement is in conflict with the Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act, the Act wIll control.
L. Liability Insurance
Bach party shall provide its own liability insurance that affords coverage to it while
performing responsible functions outside its jurisdiction pursuant to this Agreement. The
inswance coverage obtained will be in at least the liability limits set forth in Minnesota
Statute Section 466.04. Each party agrees to modify its coverage to reflect statutory
increases in liability limits that occur during the term of this Agreement. No party waives
its immunities under Minnesota law.
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M. Modifications
All amendments or modifications to this Agreement must be in writing and approved by
all parties and included or attached to this Agreement.
N. Severability
The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable, and if any provision, or any portion
thereof, contained in this Agreement is held unconstitutional, invalid, ar unenforceable,
the remainder of this Agreement or portion thereof shall remain in full force and effect.
O. Entire Agreement
This Agreement and any modifications to this Agreement in accordance with paragraph
K constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto. Except as stated in this
Agreement, no party has relied on any statement, promise, inducement, or representation
of the other. This Agreement supersedes any and all prior statements and agreements
between the parties relating to the subject matter contained herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective duly authorized officers pursuant to the authority granted by the attached
resolutions adopted by the governing bodies of the parties.
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