Consideration of the Intergovernmental Agreement: City of Flagstaff and the United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture for Law Enforcement Dispatch Services.

Efficiency: Approval of this agreement will continue to enhance interagency collaboration, information sharing and interoperability between the City of Flagstaff and the U.S. Forest Service in order to promote public safety on lands in close proximity to the City that are under the law enforcement jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service. By maintaining radio contact with the Flagstaff Communications & 911 Center, U.S. Forest Service officers can more easily advise Flagstaff Police Officers and Coconino County Sheriff's Deputies of issues or concerns that may affect public safety within the City of Flagstaff and surrounding areas of Coconino County.

Decision Points: Interactive Law Enforcement communications benefit both parties by increasing officer safety, and improving interoperable communications.

Approval of this Intergovernmental Agreement will provide payment to the City of Flagstaff in the amount of $5,000.00 annually for the dispatch services provided.

Public Safety: This U.S. Forest Service group provides federal law enforcement in the National Forests surrounding the City of Flagstaff and in cooperation with the City of Flagstaff and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department. Continuing the agreement ensures direct and interoperable communication among law enforcement agencies who work together on a regular basis.

Yes, these agreements have been approved annually since 2005.

 

Approval of this agreement allows continued communication/dispatch interoperability with the U.S. Forest Service law enforcement groups. Disapproval will eliminate the Agreement.

The Flagstaff Police Department through the Flagstaff Communications & 911 Center has provided limited dispatch services for the U.S. Forest Service – Coconino & Kaibab National Forest Law Enforcement group for several years. A formal Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement between agencies was entered into in 2005 for services and renewed in 2010/2011 through 2016. The U.S. Forest Service budgeting procedure to enter into a new Financial and Operating Plan for each year will continue. The title of the document has the word modification in it. For clarification purposes, this years Financial and Operating Plan does not have any modifications to it. Attached are the FY13 Financial and Operating Plan and five year Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement. Approval of this request will allow the Financial and Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2013 to be completed.

The approval of this Agreement provides for continued dispatch services as outlined and for the payment of $5,000.00 annually by the U.S. Forest Service for those services.

The U.S. Forest Service group provides law enforcement efforts in and around the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County. Approval of this agreement ensures continued interoperable communication among law enforcement agencies in Flagstaff and Coconino County.

N/A

The Council can choose to accept the Agreement or reject it.

11/06/2012 - EAB