TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C., and the City of North Port Police Personnel to Participate in the 2021 Presidential Inauguration
Recommended Action
Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C., and the City of North Port Police Personnel to Participate in the 2021 Presidential Inauguration.
Background Information
The Metropolitan Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for ensuring the safety of the participants and of the public during the presidential inaugural events. As a result of the current threat level in the Nation's Capital and the on-going development of intelligence, the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., requested the assistance of the North Port Police Department during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. It is an honor that the City of North Port Police Department has been selected to provide security protection services at such an important and historic event.
The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to assist the Metropolitan Police Department. The MOU will be effective from January 17, 2021, through January 21, 2021.
The MOU provides law enforcement assistance to the Metropolitan Police Department by having City of North Port Police Department sworn personnel serve as members of the Presidential Inauguration Task Force. The Metropolitan Police Department will reimburse the costs associated with this MOU for the North Port Police Department personnel assigned, including salary and fringe benefits, air travel, lodging, ground travel, and per diem; thus, there is no fiscal impact to the City.
Deputy Chief Chris Morales will be resp...
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