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lls1Spvq+-J� REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval Date.- 7/21/08 Item No..- 12.b City Manager Approval Item Description.- LAW ENFORCEMENT JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT I BACKGROUND 3 The City of St. Paul will host the 2008 Republican National Convention (RN C) September I't through 4 September 4�, 2008. The resources available to the St. Paul Police Department are not sufficient to 5 effectively police an event of this magnitude. Information provided. by the Republican National 6 Convention indicates 4 ,000 delegates, alternate delegates, members of the media and. other guests are "7 expected. to attend. the convention. Law enforcement information indicates there may be an excess of 8 50,000 protestors in the area as a result of the convention. The St. Paul Police Department has prepared. a 9 Joint Powers Agreement (JP A) it requests other agencies to sign. The JP A formally acknowledges the I 4w. assistance provided. by the outside agencies and. the responsibilities of each unit of government. II °II Law enforcement agencies recognize there are circumstances where the assistance of other governmental 12 units is important in effectively and. efficiently maintaining the peace. Therefore, law enforcement 13 agencies are desirou.s of having their peace officers extend. their services beyond. respective jurisdictions 14 for the purpose of providing assistance and. enforcing the laws in agreed.-upon situations. Law I enforcement agencies believe the establishment of a procedure whereby a party to an agreement may 'de to another party, personnel or equi I 16 provi ipment, in order to ad.dress law enforcement issues that one I 7 agency may not be able to effectively and. efficiently ad.dress alone, would. be of great benefit to the public I health, safety and. welfare of citizens. 19 A core group of law enforcement agencies, inclu.d.ing St. Paul Police, Minneapolis Police, Bloomington 2('-) Police, Hennepin County Sheriffs Of ce, Ramsey County Sheriffs Of ce and. the Minnesota State Patrol 2 1 are currently engaged. in training in order to provide the primary law enforcement functions at the 22 convention. This inclu.des teams that will respond. to disturbances and. civil unrest to areas associated. to 23 the RNC. 24 St. Paul is requesting the assistance from metro law enforcement agencies to provide uniformed. officers 2 for security at the Xcel Energy Center and. on transportation routes to and. from the event. The total 26 number of officers prQjected. to staff the event is estimated. at 4,000. St. Paul's goal is to retain the 27 assistance of 1,500 law enforcement officers from other metropolitan agencies to fill the void.. 28 POLICY OBJECTIVE 29 The St. Paul Police Department has developed. and. submitted. a JP A to local law enforcement agencies 3 who will provide assistance during the RN C. The Saint Paul Police Department has indicated. the terms 3 1 within the JP A are non - negotiable. The police department has been afforded. the time and. opportunity to 32 review the JP A and. ask clarifying questions directly to the St. Paul Police Department. The police Page I of 3