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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />Attachment A <br />JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT OF THE RAMSEY COUNTY VIOLENT CRIME <br />ENFORCMENT TEAM <br />This is an agreement between Ramsey County, a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, <br />and the City of Maplewood, the City of New Brighton, the City of Roseville, the City of St. Paul, <br />and the City of White Bear Lake, Minnesota municipalities (hereinafter collectively referred to <br />as "the Parties "), pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes §471.59, the Joint Powers Act <br />( "Agreement "). <br />WHEREAS, The Parties each have law enforcement agencies with police powers within their <br />respective jurisdictions: Ramsey County has the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, the City of <br />Maplewood has the Maplewood Police Department, the City of New Brighton has the New <br />Brighton Police Department, the City of Roseville has the Roseville Police Department, the City <br />of St. Paul has the St. Paul Police Department and the City of White Bear Lake has the City of <br />White Bear Lake Police Department (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Agencies "); and <br />WHEREAS, The Agencies are responsible for the enforcement of controlled substance laws in <br />their respective jurisdictions; and <br />WHEREAS, On February 7, 2005, Ramsey County, through the Ramsey County Sheriff's <br />Office, and the City of St. Paul, through the St. Paul Police Department, executed a Joint Powers <br />Agreement ( "JPA ") creating the East Metro Narcotics Task Force for a term of one year, with an <br />automatic renewal clause; and <br />WHEREAS, On January 31, 2007, the JPA was amended to add the Cities of Maplewood, <br />Roseville, and White Bear Lake as members of the Task Force; and <br />WHEREAS, On June 1, 2010, a Second Amendment to the Agreement was executed to change <br />the name of the East Metro Narcotics Task Force to be the Ramsey County Violent Crimes <br />Enforcement Team ( "RCVCET ") and to add the Cities of Lino Lakes and North St. Paul as <br />members; and <br />WHEREAS, Since the execution of the Second Amendment, the Cities of Lino Lakes and North <br />St. Paul have withdrawn from the RCVCET; and <br />WHEREAS, The RCVCET was formed for the purpose of enforcing controlled substance laws <br />and investigating and prosecuting gang and violent crimes, especially felonies that have the <br />likelihood of being related to the distribution of narcotics and /or other cases that have an impact <br />on all Parties; and <br />WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall constitute an amendment to <br />the JPA, as previously amended, effective upon final execution by all Parties; <br />186028 vl l RCVCET JPA 2013 Page 1 of 14 <br />