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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 2025-073A2025-073 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF CLERMONT REGARDING ASSIGNMENT OF CRIME ANALYST(S) TO THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 2025 - 2027 WHEREAS, it is the intent of this Agreement to provide for the inter -agency sharing and collaboration of crime analysts employed with the City of Clermont and the Lake County Sheriff s Office. WHEREAS, this Agreement is necessary because of continuing law enforcement problems that affect both unincorporated Lake County and the municipalities within Lake County and will serve to ensure that law enforcement officers are adequately prepared to protect the public peace and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of Lake County; and WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff s Office and the City of Clermont each employ one or more crime analysts who provide assistance to their respective agencies. The parties guarantee that the crime analysts employed by their respective agencies are all in possession of the appropriate certifications and trainings related to the competent performance of their duties; and WHEREAS, due to the constant need for the assistance of crime analysts, the Participating Agency and the Sheriff believe the provision of law enforcement services will be enhanced by an analyst from the Participating Agency being assigned to the Real Time Crime Center within the Lake County Sheriffs Office; and WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriffs Office and the Participating Agency wish to memorialize their understanding of the obligations and responsibilities of the parties relative to the assignment of a Participating Agency Crime Analyst to work with the Lake County Sheriff's Office as set forth herein under the Guidelines of this Agreement; and NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: Page 1 of 5 SECTION I EFFECTIVE DATE This Agreement sh91 take effect on the date of execution of the parties notwithstanding, and shall remain in effect until January 20, 2027, unless terminated prior thereto by any party to this Agreement. SECTION II GUIDELINES 40 1. TheRealTime Crime Centerl"s hereby created among the Participating Agencies. Additional agencies may become a part of the Task Force by executing an Agreement binding the agency to the terms of participation set forth herein. The Sheriff shall provide written notice to the Uffs extproposedngparticipants of the addition of any other Participant 2.. The Real Time Crime Center shall work under the authority of the Sheriff of Lake County,, fa Flonda, through lus or her appointed Captain/Commander. 3. The Real Time Crime Center will provide analytical support for Lake County agencies, including municipalities within Lake County,. The Task Force will provide analytical and investigative support involving the development,, organization, and dissemination of information related to cainae patterns and trends to be used by operational and invesbig�tive units. It will also be the Task Force!s responsibility to gather intelligence related toMi nal activity within Lake County. 4. The Sheriff of Lake County shall provide office space, computers, access to information and es available to Lake County Sheriffs Oce Crime Analysts, and related equipment including analytical software, necessary to complete established goals. Participating Agencies will also have access to telephones, a facsimile machine, and computerized investigative databases located in work arm or offierwise available or accessible from the s Office network. 5. Partic4' ipating Agency members will be able to access Florida. Crime Information Center ("FCIC'and National Crime Information Center ("NCIC") files via their own agency's Originating Agency Identification ("ORI") and user agreements with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement ("FDLE"), concerning FCIC/NCIC security and usage. The Participating Agency is responsible for fingerprinting and ensuring that the assigned Page 2 of 5 analyst has received all required FCIC/NCIC training. The agency represents that its assigned crime analyst is duly qualified to serve in this capacity and has received all required FCIC/NCIC training. 6. The Lake County Shen"Offs Office will offer aH necessary crime analyst training, separate from the basic FCIC/NCICtMining, for attendees covered under this Agrement. Any Participating Agency's anal,st's unauthorized or improper access to FCIC/NCIC or Criminal Justice Information ("CJI") information via the Sheriffs Office computer, or unauthorized or 0 improper dissemination or use of such information, s I be considered a violation of the User Agreement between FDLE,, the Lake County Shen'ffs Office, and the Agency with whom the requestmgmember is emp Ioyed. 7. Participating Agencies assigned. crime analysts are responsible for acknowledging and following all Lake County Sheriffs Office policies and procedures regarding Sheriffs Office Computer Usage restrictions and all Sheriffs Office General Orders. The Lake County Sheriffs Office designated Capftu*n/Commander will also make the Participatingi embes crime a-- nalyst aware of any other Shenffs Office policies and procedures pertinent to the Real Time Crime Center. The Lake County Sheriffs Officedesi gnated. C;V-Oit:aandin/Commer willberespo ible for making sure that analysts are made aware ofany modifications tos 'd policies and procedures. 8. In the event of a complaint regarding a Participating Agency's emploemployee,the complaint will be forwarded to the Participating Agency's Chief of Police orhis/her designee to be hainindled pursuant to the policy and procedures of the Participating Agency. The results of any investigation or informal rev46 4D iew will be shared with the Sheriff as he or she retains the right 40 to remove any member agency's assigned crimea--n---- articipation in the Real Time Crime Center. 9's Annually, the Sheriffand the ChiefofPolice shall review the Task Force and consider whether any adjustment to this Agreement is necessary. The Sheriff and Chief may agree upon equitable adjustments to the Agreement in order to ensure fairness to both parties. Any 9 adjustments made to the Agreement are effective only iwn f memorialized in ting and signed by both parties. 100 This Agreement is entered into and for the benefit of the parties to this Agreement only and shall confer no benefits, direct or implied, upon any third persons. Page 3 of 5 SECTION III COMPENSATION Each Participating Agency sb-llabe responsible for the compensation, including the payment of wages and the pro -vision of benefits'. of personnel furnished to the Real Time Crime Center. The Participating Agency shall be responsible for compensating its personnel even when those personnel are working for the Real Time Crime Center and shall be responsible for all damages for workers compensation or personal 0 injury in the event its employee is injured during s/licT assignment to the Unit, as if the employee was providing law enforcement services for and within his/her owncmpl yed agency. The crime analyst shall recmve no compensation from the Lake CountySheriff `s Office for their participi4D tion in the Task Force. SECTION IV LLABILITY The privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws'. ordinance, rules, and all pension, insurance, relied disability, workers compensation, salary, death, -d other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee of a Participating Agency when performing the employee's duties for and at the location of the employee's Agency apply to the employee to the same degree, manner, �d extent while engaged in the performance of the employee's dories under the provisions of this Agreement. SECTION V SEVER ITY If any section or portion of this Agreement proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall not beheld to invalidate or impair the validity, force,, or effect of any other section or part of this Agreement. SECTION VI CANCELLATION Any parry may withdraw its participation I*n this Agreement by providing written notice of such withdrawal no fewer than fifteen (15) days prior to the withdrawal to the other parties to this Agreement. However, withdraw from this Agreement shall be effective only as to that party, and this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to those remaining parties hereto. The waiver by either party of any failure on the part of the other party to perform in accordance with any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not be construed as aw ever of any future continuing s ar or dissimilar fa-U-lure. Page 4 of 5 SECTION VI[I ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement represents the entire Agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and there are no warranties, representations, or other agreements between the parties in connection with the subject matter hereof, except as specifically set forth herein. - SECTION VI[I DISPUTE RESOLUTION This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Florida. If the parties are unable to settle any dispute, difference, or claim arising from this Agreement, the venue for any legal action i*s Lake County, Florida, for state court actions and Ocala, Florida, for federal court actions. The parties may agree i*n writing to engage in an alternative dispute resolution process. In the event of any legal action arising under this Agreement, the parties agree toi"ncur their own attorneys fees, court costs, and expenses, through all appellate proceedings, including fees and costs incurred in litigatam 40 ing entitlement to attorneys' fees and costs'. as well as i*n determining or quantifying the amount of recoverable attorneys' fees and costs. APPROVED BY: Peyton C. Grinnell, Sheriff Lake County Sheriff's Office John Graczyk, Chief of Police City of Clermont Page 5 of 5 Date Date