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Resolution R-23-0161
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Legislation
File Number: 13603
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 4/13/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MUTUAL AID
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE
PARTICIPATING MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION
RESPONSE TEAM AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
2025, TO RECEIVE AND EXTEND MUTUAL AID IN THE FORM OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND
TO CONTINUING MULTI -JURISDICTIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF INCIDENTS
INVOLVING CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND MISSING OR ABDUCTED
CHILDREN, TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY, AND TO
PRESERVE THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S
RESIDENTS PURSUANT TO PART 1, CHAPTER 23, FLORIDA STATUTES.
WHEREAS, the subscribed law enforcement agencies ("Member Agencies") including
the Miami Police Department ("MPD") have joined together in a multi -jurisdictional effort to
rescue abducted children and, under certain circumstances, allocate resources to support
investigations of missing and endangered children cases; and
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies are all participants in a multi -agency effort known
collectively as the Children Abduction Response Team ("CART"); and
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies of the CART agree to utilize applicable state and
federal laws to prosecute criminal, civil, and forfeiture actions against identified violators, as
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies have the authority under Part 1, Chapter 23, Florida
Statutes, titled the "Florida Mutual Aid Act," to enter into a voluntary agreement for cooperation
and assistance of a routine law enforcement nature that crosses jurisdictional lines; and
WHEREAS, the Member Agencies are located in relation to each other that it is to the
advantage of each to receive and extend mutual aid in the form of law enforcement services
and resources to adequately respond to continuing multi -jurisdictional criminal activities so as to
protect the public peace and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of each Member
Agencies' residents; and
WHEREAS, additional parties, at the request and with the approval of the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement ("FDLE") and other CART members, may enter into this
Agreement at a later date as evidenced by their signing of the subject mutual aid agreement;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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File ID: 13603
Enactment Number: R-23-0161
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized' to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement,
in substantially the attached form, between the participating Member Agencies of the CART and
FDLE for an additional period through December 31, 2025, to receive and extend mutual aid in
the form of law enforcement services and resources to adequately respond to continuing multi -
jurisdictional efforts to investigate incidents involving child abduction and missing or endangered
children pursuant to Part 1, Chapter 23, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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