Sponsor
Alderman Perez
Title
RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF RACINE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID AS BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA AND THE CITY OF RACINE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS
The City of Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin do resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, Wis. Stats. §66.0301 and §66.0313 sets forth procedures whereby municipalities may provide for intergovernmental cooperation for purposes of furthering the public interests of each community; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Caledonia Police Department (hereinafter “Village”) and the City of Racine Police Department (hereinafter “City”) are Wisconsin law enforcement agencies located in adjacent municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the Village’s and the City’s police departments are charged with the duty of enforcing the law and protecting their citizens from illegal activity; and
WHEREAS, the police departments recognize that the jurisdiction and authority of each is limited and that such limitations are detrimental in combating crime within the agencies’ jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the police departments recognize that the problem can be most effectively combated by the pooling of their resources in the joint exercise of their respective authority; and
WHEREAS, the police departments believe that this agreement will provide citizens with the most effective law enforcement protection against those who engage in actions detrimental to public safety; and
WHEREAS, in the absence of this agreement, the efforts of the Village and the City police departments to combat crime within the respective jurisdictions, are occasionally hampered by jurisdictional limitations inherent in the separate sovereignty of the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village and City desire to enter into the Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A to further the public interests and objectives of both municipalities and to provide for cooperation that is beneficial to citizens in both communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT the Mayor, City Clerk and the Chief of Police are authorized and directed to execute the attached Agreement between the City and the Village and their respective police departments.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all City officials, officers, and employees are authorized and directed to take such steps as are lawful and necessary in furtherance of the Agreement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin this day of , 2016.
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