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Resolution: R-15-0351
File Number: 15-00984
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/10/2015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A VOLUNTARY
COOPERATION MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED
FORM, APPROVING THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA MONEY LAUNDERING STRIKE FORCE,
CONSISTING OF THE MIAMI-DADE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OTHER
PARTICIPATING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, TO COMBAT ILLEGAL MONEY
LAUNDERING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, RELATED CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, AND TO
DISRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITY THROUGH
COORDINATED AND LONG-TERM INVESTIGATIVE, FORFEITURE, AND
PROSECUTION EFFORTS, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY UNDER PART 1,
CHAPTER 23, OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, "THE FLORIDA MUTUAL AID ACT".
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 12-0292, adopted September 13, 2012, authorized the City
Manager to execute a Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement, on behalf of the City of Miami
Police Department ("MPD") and with the State Attorney's Office for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and
for Miami -Dade County ("SAO"), to participate in the South Florida Money Laundering Strike Force
("Strike Force") which will expire on or about September 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Strike Force is a collaboration with multiple law enforcement agencies to
combat illegal money laundering, drug trafficking, drug law violations and related criminal
investigations, and to disrupt organizations engaging in such activity through coordinated and
long-term investigative, forfeiture, and prosecution efforts; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") and the SAO now wish to execute a new successor
Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement to continue MPD's participation in the Strike Force
commencing on September 1, 2015, and ending on September 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the SAO requires all law enforcement agencies approved and authorized as a
member of the Strike Force to enter into this agreement in order to participate in the Strike Force for
the purposes and goals set forth in the agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a member of the Strike Force, MPD will have an opportunity to participate in
the distribution of any forfeiture funds recovered by the Strike Force; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized by Part I, Chapter 23, Florida Statutes "the Florida Mutual
Aid Act," to enter into voluntary cooperation agreement for collaboration and assistance of a routine
law enforcement nature that crosses jurisdictional lines;
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File Number: 15-00984 Enactment Number: R-15-0351
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 new Voluntary Cooperation Mutual
Aid Agreement, in substantially the attached form, with the SAO and other participating law
enforcement agencies, to participate in the Strike Force, thereby extending and receiving mutual aid
in the form of law enforcement services and resources to combat illegal money laundering, drug
trafficking, related criminal violations, and to disrupt organizations engaging in such activity pursuant
to the "The Florida Mutual Aid Act" under part 1, Chapter 23, of the Florida Statutes.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and the
signature of the Mayor. {2}
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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