09 - INTERLOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT WITH CHISUM ISD

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to as the Interlocal Cooperation Act), and in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, the City and CISD hereby agree as follows: Article 1. Responsibilities of PPD and CISD -PD The City and CISD realize that every single circumstance in which their respective police departments may interact cannot possibly be outlined in this Agreement. Thus, the City and CISD outline the following general responsibilities for their respective police departments: 1.1 CISD -PD Jurisdiction. CISD -PD jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of PPD at all property owned by CISD or in use by the Chisum Independent School District staff, employees or students in connection with CISD sponsored or sanctioned events. 1.2 Mutual Support. PPD and CISD -PD will mutually support and cooperate with one another in the suppression of criminal acts, investigation of criminal activity, and the enforcement of laws. They shall notify each other of all activities, violations, arrests, and other matters as required under Article 15.27 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 37.081 of the Texas Education Code. They shall endeavor to conduct their dealings with each other in a courteous, professional, cooperative, and amicable manner to achieve the goal of the City and CISD to provide a safe and orderly environment within the schools and surrounding areas that will foster the education of children. 1.3 Mutual Aid. When feasible, PPD and CISD -PD shall assist and aid each other with law enforcement personnel and to make available such equipment or facilities as may be requested for the suppression or investigation of crime and the maintenance of public safety during natural disasters, major incidents of civil disorder, situations where the incident or offense exceeds the limited resources of CISD, or other exceptional events or circumstances occurring within the overlapping jurisdictional area of the City and CISD. (The City and CISD do not intend for sporting and other planned school events to be considered as exceptional events or circumstances which would require the mutual aid as described in this paragraph.) Requests for mutual aid shall be made either by the parties' governing bodies, their respective chief administrators or designees, or their respective chiefs of police. 1.4 Investigation and Enforcement. CISD -PD shall have the primary responsibility with regard to investigation and enforcement of the laws and city ordinances pertaining to incidents which occur within the jurisdiction of CISD -PD; unless CISD and the PPD determine that the best interests of the public would be to defer such investigation and enforcement to the PPD. It is understood by both CISD and the City that serious incidents occurring on CISD property or within the jurisdiction of CISD including but not limited to homicides, death investigations, Penal Code Chapter 21 Sexual Offenses of felony grade, Penal Code Chapter 22 Assaultive Offenses of felony grade, and incidents which require the deployment of the Paris SWAT Team, will be primary responsibility of the PPD. All property crimes occurring on CISD -PD jurisdiction with a loss of less than $20,000.00 will be the responsibility of CISD -PD to investigate.