File #: 23-0761    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Agenda Status: Passed
File created: 4/26/2023 In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
On agenda: 5/23/2023 Final action: 5/23/2023
Title: Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port, Florida, on Behalf of the North Port Police Department and the United States Secret Service Establishing the Procedures and Responsibilities of Both Parties for Work Performed Under the Cyber Fraud Task Forces.
Attachments: 1. MOU-U.S. Secret Service Cyber Fraud Task Forces, 2. MOU-U.S. Secret Service Financial Investigative Strike Team
TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager

TITLE: Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port, Florida, on Behalf of the North Port Police Department and the United States Secret Service Establishing the Procedures and Responsibilities of Both Parties for Work Performed Under the Cyber Fraud Task Forces.


Recommended Action

Approve the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port, Florida, on Behalf of the North Port Police Department and the United States Secret Service establishing the procedures and responsibilities of both parties for work performed under the Cyber Fraud Task Forces.

Background Information

The United States Secret Service (USSS) has formally merged its Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) and Financial Crimes Task Forces (FCTFs) into a single unified group, which is now known as the Cyber Fraud Task Forces (CFTFs). The mission of the CFTF is to prevent, detect, and mitigate complex cyber-enabled financial crimes. Its ultimate goal is to arrest and convict the most harmful of predators.

This Agreement will supersede the current Agreement dated January 14, 2014, and primarily updates the task force name and outlines the procedures and responsibilities of both the North Port Police Department and the Secret Service for:

(a) Secret Service Digital Evidence Forensic Laboratory (DEFL) Forensic Partners;
(b) Reimbursement of certain overtime costs and other expenses;
(c) Deputation of law enforcement officers as Secret Service Task Force Officers; and
(d) Access to Secret Service systems and/or unescorted access to Secret Service facilities.

It will remain in effect until terminated by the mutual agreement of the North Port Police Department and the Secret Service or upon 30 days written notice by either party to the Agreement.

The Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of North Port, Florida, on Behalf of the North Po...

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