TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Jill Keimach, Town Manager
Peter Wingert, Chief of Police
DATE: April 9, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Police Department
Staff Contact Chief Peter Wingert
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Consideration of Resolution No. 2020-12, Authorizing the Town Manager to Enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to join the Arizona Mutual Aid Compact with the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (AzDEMA) and participating counties, cities, towns, tribal governments and fire districts
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution Number 2020-12; authorizing the Town Manager to execute an intergovernmental agreement to join the Arizona Mutual Aid Compact with the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs and other participating jurisdictions.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Arizona Mutual Aid Compact (AzMAC) is a multiparty intergovernmental agreement between the AzDEMA and many participating counties, cities, towns, tribal governments and fire districts. The agreement assures that Arizona's public safety, when faced with an emergency incident that could exceed a single jurisdiction's ability, can quickly and efficiently request, provide and be reimbursed for mutual aid in an orderly fashion by using procedures that they all understand and have agreed upon in advance of the incident. The Town of Paradise Valley desires to be a signatory on the AzMAC.
Short-term mutual aid between law enforcement agencies occurs frequently by a phone call or police radio request. During short-term mutual aid, reimbursement is not sought by the provider. The AzMAC covers long-term mutual aid and provides the ability for a providing agency to seek reimbursement from the requesting agency. For example, the AzMAC could assist Paradise Valley Police maintain resident safety if a significant percentage of Paradise Valley police personnel were unavailable due to illness.
The AzMAC runs in te...
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