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II RESOLUTION R 05-035
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
4 THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
5 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND
6 CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF
7 UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE CREATION
8 OF A VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE WITH PALM
9 BEACH COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES;
10 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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12 WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach has been asked to join a Violent
13 Crimes Task Force which will be a multi-disciplined, long-term law enforcement
14 response to violent crime through complex investigative techniques, pro-active patrol
15 to identify and arrest suspects, intelligence gathering, with the goal of achieving
16 maximum inter-agency cooperation through a combined Jaw enforcement effort to
17 reduce violent crimes in Palm Beach County; and
18 WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach will be joining with other agencies to
19 implement the Violent Crimes Task Force; and
20 WHEREAS, the City Commission, upon recommendation of staff has
21 determined that it is in the best interests of the citizens and employees of the City of
22 Boynton Beach to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding creating a multi-agency
23 Violent Crimes Task Force,
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
25 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
26 Section I. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and
27 confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
28 Resolution upon adoption.
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I Section 2. The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida
2 does hereby authorize and direct the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Palm Beach
3 County Multi-Agency Violent Crimes Task Force Memorandum of Understanding
4 between the City of Boynton Beach, Florida and Palm Beach County Law
5 Enforcement Agencies, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A",
6 Section 2. This Resolution will become effective immediately upon
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8 PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~ day of March, 2005.
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PALM BEACH COUNTY MULTI-AGENCY
VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WHEREAS, Palm Beach County Law Enforcement Agencies have entered
into a combined mutual aid agreement for law enforcement services that is in full force and
effect; and
WHEREAS, the participating Palm Beach County Law Enforcement Agencies
set forth in Exhibit A, have the authority under the combined mutual aid agreement to enter
into this Memorandum of Understanding creating the Multi-Agency Violent Crimes Task
Force pursuant to Section IT of said mutual aid agreement, herein incorporated by and
referenced as Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, the participating Palm Beach County Law Enforcement
Agencies, along with the State Attorney's Office for Palm Beach County and certain Federal
and State agencies, have identified a need to establish a Multi-Agency Violent Crimes Task
Force in Palm Beach County to address violent crimes, utilizing a team problem-solving
approach;
NOW, THEREFORE, the participating Palm Beach County Law Enforcement
Agencies, State Attorney's Office and certain Federal and State agencies agree to enter into
this Memorandum of Understanding in consideration of mutual interests and understandings
expressed herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. PURPOSE
1. An enforcement initiative, identified as the Palm Beach County Multi-
Agency Violent Crimes Task Force, hereinafter referred to as "VCTF",
will be established between the participating law enforcement agencies
to address violent crimes occurring in Palm Beach County.
2. The VCTF will be a multi-disciplined, long-term law enforcement
response to violent crime, through complex investigative techniques,
pro-active patrol to identify and arrest suspects, intelligence gathering
and employment of vertical prosecution, with the goal of achieving
maximum inter-agency cooperation through a combined law
enforcement effort to reducing violent crimes in Palm Beach County.
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II. AUTHORITY
1. This Memorandum of Understanding is established pursuant to the
specific authority in Section II of the Palm Beach County Law
Enforcement Agencies Combined Operational Assistance and
Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement, authorizing the
establislunent of inter-agency task forces, See Exhibit B.
2. The establislunent of this Memorandum of Understanding does not in
any way alter or modify the provisions of the existing Palm Beach
County Law Enforcement Agencies Combined Operational Assistance
and Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement, which sets forth
the powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities of the participating
Palm Beach County law enforcement agencies.
Ill, SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
1. A VCTF Board of Advisors will be created, made up of each
participating agency's Clúef of Police or Command Staff designee.
The Board of Advisors to the VCTF will be responsible for establislúng
the command structure for the VCTF, determining investigative and
tactical operation protocols, and adopting a unified comprehensive
policy and procedure to implement the purposes set forth in tlús
Memorandum of Understanding, The Board of Advisors will further
recommend a location for a joint operation center for the VCTF.
a, Each participating agency will have one vote on matters
put before the Board and requiring a vote,
b. Said protocols, operational procedures and
recommendations shall be agreed upon by said Board and
incorporated into this Memorandum of Understanding as
an addendum.
2. To the extent that resources and funding allow, participating agencies
will dedicate an officer to the VCTF, and provide necessary velúcles
and operational equipment for those members specifically assigned to
the VCTF, Those agencies wlúch cannot dedicate an officer to the
VCTF, shall assign a liaison to the Task Force.
3, The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office will provide computer
networks, phones and other resources as necessary for the day-to-day
operation of the VCTF, to the extent funding will allow.
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4. The State Attorney of Palm Beach County will appoint an Assistant
State Attorney to serve as a "special prosecutor" to prosecute all cases
initiated by the VCTF. The "special prosecutor" will be available to
assist in the early investigative phase, to include, but not be limited to,
providing legal advice and expertise in securing search and arrest
warrants against violent criminal offenders. The "special prosecutor"
will be subject to call on a 24-hour a day basis,
5, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fireanns will consider assigning
personnel to the VCTF, once the program becomes operational. To the
extent necessary, separate Memorandums of Understanding with
Federal and State agencies setting forth their specific involvement with
the VCTF will be executed.
6. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office will immediately dedicate
personnel to seek grant funds to support this program.
7. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is. committed to utilizing its
resources to include, but not be limited to, ballistics and DNA analysis
and other crime lab capabilities. The Organized Crime Bureau., Auto
Theft Task Force, Gang Unit and other specialty units will assist in
carrying out the purpose and goals of the VCTF.
IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Memorandum of Understanding shall take effect upon approval and signatures of
the officials representing the participating agencies and will remain in effect unless and until
an agency rescinds their participation in the VCTF upon 30 day written notice to the Board of
Advisors,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the agencies hereto cause these presents to be signed on the date
specified.
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ATTEST:
CITY OF ATLANTIS:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Robert Mangold (date)
(date) (date)
CITY OF BELLE GLAD£:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Albert Dowdell (date)
(date) (date)
CITY OF BOCA RATON:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Andrew Scott (date)
(date) (date)
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH:
}C~?7~ (date) Chief of Police, Marshall Gage (date)
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(date) (date)
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TY O~'ön~ BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Larry Schroeder (date)
(date) (date)
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY:
President (date) Chief of Police, Dolores Danser (date)
(date) (date)
CITY OF GREENACRES:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Greg Smith (date)
City Manager (date) (date)
TOWN OF GULFSTREAM:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Garrett Ward (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Gwendolyn Pascoe (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
TOWN OF JUNO BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, H. C. Clark II (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
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TOWN OF JUPITER:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Richard Westgate (date)
(date) (date)
TOWN OF JUPITER INLET COLONY:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Joseph Benevento (date)
(date) (date)
TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE SHORES:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Wes Smith (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
CITY OF LAKE WORTH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, William Smith (date)
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(date) (date)
TOWN OF LANTANA:
Town Manager (date) Chief of Police, Rick Lincoln (date)
(date) (date)
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TOWN OF MANALAPAN:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Clay Walker (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
TOWN OF MAN GONIA PARK:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Rodney Thomas (date)
(date) (date)
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, James Knight (date)
(date) (date)
TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Edward Hillery (date)
Town Manager (date) (date)
CITY OF PAHOKEE:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Rafael Duran (date)
City Manager (date) (date)
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TOWN OF PALM BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Michael Reiter (date)
Town Manager (date) President, Town Council (date)
PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE:
(date) Sheriff, Ric Bradshaw (date)
(date) (date)
PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT:
Chairman (date) Chief of Police, James Kelly (date)
Superlntendeut (date) (date)
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Stephen Stepp (date)
(date) (date)
TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Roger WUlie (date)
(date) (date)
VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS:
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Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Jay Pickens (date)
Village Manager (date) (date)
CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, (date)
Clarence Williams m
(date) (date)
VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Ed Stepnowski (date)
(date) (date)
CITY OF SOUTH BAY:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Michael Morris (date)
(date) (date)
TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH:
Mayor (date) Acting Chief of Police, (date)
Roger Crane
(date) (date)
VILLAGE OFTEQUESTA:
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Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Stephen Allison (date)
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(date) (date)
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH:
Mayor (date) Chief of Police, Deiss Bush (date)
(date) (date)