TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Interlocal Agreement between the Sarasota County Schools Police Department and the City of North Port for Facilitating Investigations of Shooting Incidents and In Custody Deaths.
Recommended Action
Approve the Interlocal Agreement between the Sarasota County Schools Police Department (SCSPD) and the City of North Port for Facilitating Investigations of Shooting Incidents and In Custody Deaths.
Background Information
This Interlocal Agreement specifies the duties of both the North Port Police Department (NPPD) and SCSPD in the event of SCSPD law enforcement officers having to use deadly force. Both parties acknowledge that persons arrested and taken into custody by SCSPD law enforcement officers may expire while in such custody, irrespective of whether deadly force was used upon such persons. The parties agree that in such incidents, thorough investigation, collection of evidence, and objective analysis are imperative to assure justice is served. The SCSPD is responsible for the security of schools operated by the School Board located within the jurisdictional confines of the City and the parties agree that NPPD is the most appropriate agency to assist the SCSPD in investigating incidents occurring in the jurisdictional confines of the City where an SCSPD law enforcement officer, in the performance of their duties, shoots a person or an arrestee expires while in SCSPD custody.
This Agreement shall become effective upon full execution by the parties and may be terminated upon thirty (30) days written notice to the non-termination party or by written mutual agreement of the parties. Any notice of termination shall be sent to the non-termination party's Chief of Police by U.S. mail, return receipt requested.
This Agreement has been approved by the City Attorney for form and legal content.
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