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3 department feels the JPA adequately addresses the staffing and. resource management dur'ng the RNC by 34 simplifying the movement of assets from agency to agency. 35 The JP A as written is a similar type of JPA entered. into by the police department and. other law 36 enforcement agencies such as the Ramsey County narcotics task force, our own mu1ti-agency 37 SWAT unit, etc. 38 The JP A indicates those law enforcement agencies who sign the JP A will have access to Rapid. 39 Response Teams established. for the sole and. exclu.sive purpose of providing assistance in 40 C 4 extraordinary circumstances 131) which are circumstances that significantly exceed. the usual and. °11 cu.stomary ability of the requestor. By signing the JPA, a Rapid. Response Team(s) can be made 'lable to yid. the Rosev'lle Pol'ce Departme ' icing a riotou.s situation. The Rap'd. 42 aval I I I nt in pol ' ' 1 43 Response Team may not be available if the City does not sign the JPA. 44 45 The League of Minnesota Cities has reviewed. the JPA and. offered. advice to those cities 46 entertaining the JPA. 47 The Roseville city attorney has reviewed. the JPA and. offered. a document ad.dressing the JP A. °I F All suburban law enforcement agencies within Ramsey County have previou.sly signed. the JPA. 49 If requested. through mutual aid. the Roseville Police Department will send. personnel and. equipment to the City of St. Paul even if the JP A is not signed.. The police department � recognizes the negative regional impact if law and. order is not restored. to an area in a 2 relatively short time. In this case the City of St. Paul is not obligated. to reimburse the City of 3 Roseville and. the City bears all financial burdens. The 1968 mutual aid. agreement signed. by Ramsey County municipalities is attached.. The extract of minutes to a 1986 Roseville City Council meeting authorizing the emergency dispatch 56 Of City equipment and. personnel outside the city is also attached.. St. Paul Police Department Assistant Chief Matt Bostrom is expected. to attend. the July 21, 2008, meeting in order to personally address any council concerns. As always, our primary responsibility will be the safety, security and. well being of the City of 60 Roseville. City staff is confident we can assist the St. Paul Police Department in its mission to 61 provide for a safe and. orderly RNC while not d.iminishing the quality of our public safety services 62 to the City. The Roseville Police Department will benefit from this event by continuing to 63 exercise our mutually beneficial working relationship with the St. Paul Police Department while 64 taking advantage of the experiences this event will provide and. improve our preparedness for large scale 65 events. 67 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 68 Financial Impacts are ad.dressed. in the JPA. Fifty million dollars has been allocated. to fund. local 69 law enforcement activities, training and. equipment directly related. to the RTC. The City of St. 70 Paul is obligated. to reimburse assisting agencies for their staffing and. authorized. equipment '7 1 purchases up to fifty million dollars. The Roseville Police Department has not been '72 authorized. to and. does not intend. to purchase equipment at this time. 73 '74 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 75 Allow for the appropriate City personnel to sign the JPA. Page 2 of 3