2003-024-RES MUTUAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL PEACE OFFICER JURISDICTION RELATED TO A REGIONAL ANTI-DRUG ABUSE TASK FORCE

Home Browse Search

~ ~ RESOLUTION NO. 2003-024 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MUTUAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL PEACE OFFICER JURISDICTION RELATED TO A REGIONAL ANTI- DRUG ABUSE TASK FORCE WITH THE COUNTIES OF LAMAR, FANNIN, RED RIVER, THE CITY OF PARIS, THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE AND THE FELONY PROSECUTORS' OFFICES IN LAMAR COUNTY, FANNIN COUNTY, AND RED RIVER COUNTY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the State of Texas has requested the participation of the City of Paris along with other governmental entitles in a mutual cooperation agreement for extraterritorial peace officer jurisdiction related to a regional drug abuse task force concerning certain law enforcement services provided through mutual cooperation of the participating parties pursuant to Chapter 362 of the Local Government Code; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that such request be granted, and it is deemed appropriate that the City of Paris enter into a mutual cooperation agreement with the felony prosecutors' offices in and counties of Lamar, Fannin, and Red River, and the cities of Bonham and Clarksville; and, WHEREAS, the form of Mutual Cooperation Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor should be authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PRIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the fmdings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the form of the Mutual Cooperation Agreement with the Counties of Lamar, Fannin, and Red River, the cities of Bonham and Clarkville and the Felony Prosecutors' offices in Lamar County, Fannin County, and Red River County, political subdivisions of the State of Texas for the provision of certain law enforcement services, attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby, approved. Section 3. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Paris, the Mutual Cooperative Agreement, under the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto.