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Resolution: R-15-0485
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15-01344 Final Action Date: 11/19/2015
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 CITY OF MIAMI AND
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, TO RECEIVE AND EXTEND MUTUAL AID IN THE FORM
OF ROBBERY INTERVENTION INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ROBBERY INTERVENTION DETAIL TASK
FORCE, PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA MUTUAL AID ACT, SECTION 23, FLORIDA
STATUTES, TO APPREHEND AND PROSECUTE CRIMINALS ENGAGING IN
VIOLENT CRIMES, INCLUDING ROBBERIES, THAT CROSS JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and Miami -Dade County ("County") have the authority under
the Florida Mutual Aid Act, Section 23.12, et. seq., Florida Statutes, to enter into a Mutual Aid
Agreement ("Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the City and the County recognize that criminals engaging in violent crimes do not
operate with regard to jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to allow the City to assist the County's Police
Department's Robbery Intervention Detail task force, created to investigate, apprehend, and
prosecute persons committing robberies or other violent crimes, outside the jurisdictional boundaries
of the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, Section 163.01, Florida
Statutes, the City and the County have the authority to enter into agreements to jointly exercise any
power, privilege, or authority which they share in common and which each might exercise separately;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
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 authorized{1} to execute a mutual aid agreement, in substantially
the attached form, between the City and the County, to receive and extend mutual aid in the form of
robbery investigations with the County's Police Department's Robbery Intervention Detail task force
pursuant to the Florida Mutual Aid Act, Section 23, Florida Statutes, to apprehend and prosecute
criminals engaging in the violent crimes, including robberies, that cross jurisdictional boundaries.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
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Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City
Charter and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10)
calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it
shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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