Resolution No. 2023-63 Mutual Aid Agreement with City of North Miami Beach for Law Enforcement Activities - November 7, 2023 CITY OF AVENTURA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-63
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE AND OTHERWISE ENTER INTO
THE ATTACHED MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
AVENTURA AND THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of
Aventura to execute and otherwise enter into that certain Mutual Aid Agreement between
the City of Aventura and the City of North Miami Beach for law enforcement activities in
substantially the form as attached hereto.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to do all things necessary
and expedient in order to effectuate the execution of the attached Agreement described
in Section 1 above, and to carry out the aims of this Resolution.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Joel, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Friedland, and upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Amit Bloom Yes
Commissioner Rachel S. Friedland Yes
Commissioner Billy Joel Yes
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks Yes
Commissioner Michael Stern Yes
Vice Mayor Paul A. Kruss Yes
Mayor Howard S. Weinberg Yes
City of Aventura Resolution No. 2023-63
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7t" day of November, 2023.
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H WARD S. WEINBERG, ESQ.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ELLISA L. HORVA , MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY--
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VOLUNTARY COOPERATION AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
AND THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA
This Voluntary Cooperation and Operational Assistance Mutual Aid Agreement
("Cooperation Agreement') is made as of this day of ,
2023 (Effective Date), by and between the City of North Miami Beach, Florida, a municipal
corporation having its principal office at 17011 NE 19th Avenue, 4th Floor, North Miami
Beach, Florida 33162, and the City of Aventura, Florida having its principal office at 19200
W. Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida 33180.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the governments of the City of North Miami
Beach, Florida, and the City of Aventura, Florida, to ensure the public safety of their
respective citizens by providing adequate levels of police services to address any
foreseeable routine or emergency situation; and
WHEREAS, because of the existing and continuing possibility of the occurrence
of law enforcement problems and other natural and man-made conditions which are, or
are likely to be, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, or facilities of
the City of North Miami Beach Police Department or the City of Aventura Police
Department; and
WHEREAS, both parties desire to ensure that preparation of these law
enforcement agencies will be adequate to address any and all of these conditions, to
protect the public peace and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people
of the City of North Miami Beach, Florida and the City of Aventura, Florida; and
WHEREAS, it is to the advantage of each law enforcement agency to receive
and extend mutual aid in the form of law enforcement services and resources to
adequately respond to:
(1) Continuing, multi-jurisdiction law enforcement problems, so as to protect the
public peace and safety, and preserve the lives and property of the people;
and
(2) Intensive situations including, but not limited to, emergencies as defined under
Section 252.34 of the Florida Statutes, or requests for certain law enforcement
services specified herein and as defined under Section 23.1225 of the Florida
Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Miami Beach and the City of Aventura have the
authority under the Florida Mutual Aid Act, Sections 23.12 - 23.127 of Florida Statutes, to
enter into this Cooperation Agreement for law enforcement service which:
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(1) Permits voluntary cooperation and operational assistance of a routine or
emergency law enforcement nature across jurisdictional lines as allowed
under Section 23.1225, of the Florida Statutes; and
(2) Provides for rendering of assistance in a law enforcement emergency as
defined in Section 252.34 of the Florida Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN that the City of North Miami Beach, Florida
and the City of Aventura, Florida, in consideration for mutual promises to render valuable
aid in times of necessity, do hereby agree to fully and faithfully abide by and be bound by
the following terms and conditions:
SECTION I. PROVISIONS FOR VOLUNTARY COOPERATION
Each of the aforesaid law enforcement agencies hereby voluntarily approve and
enter into this Cooperation Agreement, whereby each of the agencies may request and
render law enforcement assistance to the other in dealing with any circumstances
requiring law enforcement intervention such as, but not limited to, those circumstances
enumerated within Section II of this Cooperation Agreement, as set forth pursuant to and
under the authority of Chapter 23 of the Florida Statutes.
SECTION II. PROVISIONS FOR OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
The parties to this Cooperation Agreement may request and render law
enforcement assistance to each other for circumstances including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. Joint multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations.
2. Civil affray or disobedience, disturbances, riots, large protest demonstrations and
assemblies, controversial trials, political conventions, labor disputes, and strikes.
3. Any natural disaster.
4. Incidents which require rescue operations and crowd and traffic control measures
including, but not limited to, large-scale evacuations, aircraft and shipping
disasters, fires, explosions, gas line leaks, radiological incidents, train wrecks and
derailments, chemical or hazardous waste spills, and electrical power failures.
5. Terrorist activities including, but not limited to, acts of sabotage.
6. Escapes from, or disturbances within, prisoner processing facilities.
7. Hostage and barricaded subject situations, and aircraft piracy.
8. Control of major crime scenes, area searches, perimeter control, back-ups to
emergency and in-progress calls, pursuits, and missing person calls.
9. Enemy attack.
10.Transportation of evidence requiring security.
11.Major events, e.g , sporting events, concerts, parades, fairs, festivals, and
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conventions.
12.Security and escort duties for dignitaries.
13.Incidents requiring utilization of specialized units; e.g., underwater recovery,
aircraft, canine, motorcycle, bomb, crime scene and police information.
14.Emergency situations in which one agency cannot perform its functional objective.
15.Joint training in areas of mutual need.
16.Joint multi-jurisdictional marine interdiction operations.
17.Off-duty special events.
18.DUI Checkpoints.
SECTION III. PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING ASSISTANCE AND LIMITATIONS
OF ASSISTANCE
In the event that a party to this Cooperation Agreement is in need of assistance as
set forth above, the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, shall notify the Chief of Police,
or his/her designee, from whom such assistance is requested. The Chief of Police, or
authorized agency representative, whose assistance is sought shall evaluate the situation
and the agency's available resources, consult with his/her supervisors, if necessary, and
will respond in a manner he/she deems appropriate.
Mutual aid requested or rendered requires approval by the Chief of Police, or
designee, of each agency subject to this agreement. Specific reporting instructions for
personnel rendering mutual aid will be included in the request for mutual aid. In the
absence of such instructions, personnel will report to the ranking on-duty supervisor on
the scene. Communications instructions will be included in each request for mutual aid
and each agency's communications centers will maintain radio contact with each other
until the mutual aid situation has ended.
Incidents requiring mass processing of arrestees, transporting prisoners, and
operating temporary detention facilities will be handled per established procedures of the
requesting agency subject to this agreement.
The Chief of Police in whose jurisdiction assistance is being rendered may
determine who is authorized to lend assistance in his/her jurisdiction, for how long such
assistance is authorized, and for what purpose such authority is granted. This authority
may be granted either verbally or in writing as the particular situation dictates.
Should a law enforcement officer be in another subscribed agency's jurisdiction for
matters of a routine nature, such as traveling through the area on routine business,
attending a meeting or going to or from work, and a violation of Florida Statutes occurs in
the presence of said officer, HE/SHE SHALL ONLY BE EMPOWERED TO RENDER
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE AND ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA LAW.
Should enforcement assistance be taken, said party shall notify the agency having normal
jurisdiction, and upon the latter's arrival, turn the situation over to them and offer any
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and/or subpoenas or to respond without request to emergencies already being addressed
by the agency of normal jurisdiction, but is intended to address critical, life-threatening or
public safety situations, prevent bodily injury to citizens, or secure apprehension of
criminals whom the law enforcement officer may encounter, and such encounter results
in a breach of the peace.
The parties acknowledge that the policy of the Florida Mutual Aid Act is to provide
a means to deal with disasters, emergencies, and other major law enforcement problems.
This Cooperation Agreement shall not extend police powers beyond the specific
additional authority granted by the Legislature in Chapter 23 of the Florida Statutes, which
intent was to assure the continued functioning of law enforcement in times of emergencies
or in areas where major law enforcement efforts were being thwarted by jurisdictional
barriers, and the respective parties, police officers and authority are limited to those
instances where the subject matter of the investigation originates inside the municipal city
limits.
SECTION IV. COMMAND AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
The personnel and equipment that are assigned by the assisting agency shall be
under the immediate command of a supervising officer designated by the assisting
agency. Such supervising officer shall be under the direct supervision and command of
the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, of the agency requesting assistance, when
assistance is being rendered hereunder.
SECTION V. CONFLICTS
Whenever an officer is rendering assistance pursuant to this Cooperation
Agreement, the officer shall abide by and be subject to the rules and regulations,
personnel policies, general orders, and standard operating procedures of his/her own
employer. If any such rule, regulation, personnel policy general order or standard
operating procedure is contradicted, contravened or otherwise in conflict with a direct
order of a superior officer of the requesting agency, then such rule, regulation, policy,
general order or procedure shall control and shall supersede the direct order.
SECTION VI. HANDLING COMPLAINTS
Whenever there is cause to believe that a complaint has arisen as a result of a
cooperative effort as it may pertain to this Cooperation Agreement, the Chief of Police, or
his/her designee, of the requesting agency shall be responsible for the documentation of
said complaint to ascertain at a minimum:
1. The identity of the complainant.
2. An address where the complaining party can be contacted.
3. The specific allegation.
4. The identity of the employees accused without regard as to agency affiliation.
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If it is determined that the accused is an employee of the assisting agency, the
above information, with all pertinent documentation gathered during the receipt and
processing of the complaint, shall be forwarded without delay to the requesting agency
for administrative review. The requesting agency may conduct a review of the complaint
to determine if any factual basis for the complaint exists and/or whether any of the
employees of the requesting agency violated any of their agency's policies or procedures.
SECTION VI1. LIABILITY
Each party engaging in any mutual cooperation and assistance, pursuant to this
Cooperation Agreement, agrees to assume full and final responsibility for the acts,
omissions or conduct of such party's own employees while engaged in rendering such
aid pursuant to this Cooperation Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 768.28
of the Florida Statutes, where applicable.
SECTION VIII. POWERS, PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND EXPENDITURES
(a) Employees of the City of North Miami Beach and the City of Aventura, when
actually engaging in mutual cooperation and assistance outside of their normal
jurisdictional limits but inside this State, under the terms of this Agreement, shall
pursuant to the provisions of Section 23.127(1) of the Florida Statutes (as
amended), have the same powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if
the employee was performing duties inside the employee's political subdivision in
which normally employed.
(b) Each party agrees to furnish necessary personnel equipment, resources and
facilities and to render services to each other party to this Cooperation Agreement
as set forth above; provided however, that no party shall be required to
unreasonably deplete its own personnel, equipment, resources, facilities, and
services in furnishing such mutual aid.
(c) The party that furnishes equipment pursuant to this Cooperation Agreement will
be responsible for the cost of loss or damage to that equipment, and any expense
incurred in the operation and maintenance of that equipment.
(d) The agency furnishing aid pursuant to this Cooperation Agreement shall
compensate its appointees/employees during the time such aid is rendered and
shall defray the actual travel and maintenance expenses of its employees while
they are rendering such aid, including any amounts paid or due for compensation
due to personal injury or death while such employees are engaged in rendering
such aid.
(e) To the extent provided by applicable law, ordinance, or rule, the privileges and
immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and rules, and all
pension, insurance, relief, disability, worker's compensation, salary, death and
other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee of an agency when
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performing the employee's duties within the territorial limits of the employee's
agency apply to the employee to the same degree, manner, and extent while
engaged in the performance of the employee's duties extraterritorially under the
provisions of this Cooperation Agreement. The provisions of this section shall
apply to paid, volunteer, and reserve employees.
(f) Nothing herein shall prevent the requesting agency from seeking supplemental
appropriations from the governing authority having budgeting jurisdiction to
reimburse the assisting agency for any actual costs or expenses incurred by the
assisting agency performing hereunder.
(g) Should the City of North Miami Beach receive reimbursement for expenditures
from a third party for a mutual aid event covered by this Cooperation Agreement,
the City of Aventura shall be eligible to receive an equitable reimbursement share
for any actual costs or expenses incurred that are directly attributable to the event,
provided such costs and expenses are authorized by the third party for
reimbursement purposes.
(h) Should the City of Aventura receive reimbursement for expenditures from a third
party for a mutual aid event covered by this Cooperation Agreement, the City of
North Miami Beach shall be eligible to receive an equitable reimbursement share
for any actual costs or expenses incurred that are directly attributable to the event,
provided such costs and expenses are authorized by the third party for
reimbursement purposes.
SECTION IX. FORFEITURE
(a) The municipality/agency in which any property is seized pursuant to the Florida
Contraband Forfeiture Act shall have exclusive authority to initiate forfeiture
proceedings under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, for any matters which
arise from a mutual aid event covered by this Cooperation Agreement.
(b) However, the municipality/agency with the right to proceed with the forfeiture may
allow the other municipality/agency to prosecute the forfeiture with the written
authorization of the Chief of Police and the legal counsel for each
municipality/agency.
(c) The municipality/agency pursuing the forfeiture action shall bear the exclusive right
and responsibility to control, maintain and store the property. The costs for control,
maintenance and storage of the property shall be subtracted from the proceeds
prior to distribution.
(d) The property seized and forfeited in accordance with this agreement, and the
proceeds, if any, shall be equitably distributed among the participating
municipalities/agencies in proportion to the amount of investigation and
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(d) The property seized and forfeited in accordance with this agreement, and the
proceeds, if any, shall be equitably distributed among the participating
municipalities/agencies in proportion to the amount of investigation and
participation performed by each municipality/agency, minus the costs for litigation
of the forfeiture.
(e) Any participating municipality/agency must request sharing, in writing before the
entry of the Final Order of Forfeiture, or they will be barred from claiming any
portion of the property forfeited.
(f) This Cooperation Agreement creates no rights or benefits in favor of third parties
and there are no intended third-party beneficiaries with regard to the provisions
herein.
SECTION X. INSURANCE
Each party shall provide satisfactory proof of liability insurance by one or more of
the means specified in Section 768.28(16) (a) of the Florida Statutes (2021), in an amount
which is, in the judgment of the governing body of that party, at least adequate to cover
the risk to which that party may be exposed. Should the insurance coverage, however
provided, of any party be canceled or undergo material change, that party shall notify all
parties to this agreement of such change within ten (10) days of receipt of notice or actual
knowledge of such change.
SECTION XI. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Agreement shall take effect upon execution and approval by both parties and
shall continue in full force and effect until July 30, 2026. Under no circumstances may this
agreement be renewed, amended, or extended except in writing.
SECTION XII. CANCELLATION
Either party may cancel its participation in this Agreement at any time upon
delivery of written notice to the other party.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto cause to these presents to be signed on
the date specified.
AGREED TO AND ACKNOWLEDGED this day of , 2023.
CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH THE CITY OF AVENTURA
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HARVETTE S. SMI MI HAEL BE LILA
CHIEF OF POLICE CHIEF OF POLICE
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MAWA. ANTONIO RONALD J. WASSON
INTERIM CITY MANAGER CITY MANAGER
D e: Date:
ANTHONY ipb HOWARD S. WEINBERG
MAYOR MAYOR
Date: Date:
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ANIJRJSE BERNARD, CMC ELISA L. HOWATH, CMC
CITY C.LER ' VILLAGE CLERK
Date: c3 ,11 Date:
SIGNED AS TO FORM, LANGUAGE, SIGNED AS TO FORM, LANGUAGE
LEGAL Y 4ND EXECU N THEREOF LEGALITY AND EXECUTION THEREOF
JO FW R , JR S WEISS, SEROTA, HELFMAN & BIERMAN
IN CITY ATT RNE VILLAGE ATTORNEY