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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 07/25/2022 Item No.: Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Ramsey County Mutual Aid Agreement 1 B ACKGROUND 2 3 The general purpose of this Agreement is to enable the Parties and their respective police personnel to 4 come to the aid of other Parties to this Agreement as permitted in Minnesota Statutes, Section §471.59 5 and Minnesota Statutes, Section §12.331. This Agreement is limited to the named Parties only and does 6 not extend to the State Department of Public Safety or any other political subdivisions of the State of 7 Minnesota. 8 9 Mutual Aid agreements are common in Minnesota as no law enforcement agencyis staffed to 10 satisfactorily handle large scale emergencies and relies on neighboring agencies to partner and deliver 11 law enforcement services to the public. The previous mutual aid agreement was signed by the same 12 governments in 2014. 13 14 Police personnel included in the Mutual Aid Agreement, drafted by the City of St. Paul include: City of 15 Saint Paul, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, the City of North Saint Paul, St. Anthony Village, the 16 City of North Saint Paul, the City of Mounds View, the City of White Bear Lake, the City of Roseville, 17 the City of Maplewood, and the City of New Brighton, and all political subdivisions of the State of 18 Minnesota located within Ramsey County. 19 20 The city attorney has reviewed the attached mutual aid agreement. 21 22 O BJECTIVE 23 24 The Roseville Police Department seeks to continue entering into a mutual aid agreement with Ramsey 25 County Law Enforcement agencies to effectivelyhandle large scale emergencies. The mutual aid 26 agreement will help ensure Roseville is prepared to adequately address fire, flood, natural disaster, civil 27 disturbance, or any other emergency in Ramsey County. 28 29 F INANCIAL I MPACTS Page 1 of 2