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Home My WebLink About16491 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,491 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER 4 INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICE SERVICES AGREEMENT 5 WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, 6 CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM;AND FOR 7 OTHER PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock,Arkansas("Little Rock"), and the U.S.Department of Veterans 10 Affairs ("VA") Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System ("CAVHS") recognize that effective law 11 enforcement is not a solitary effort,but requires the cooperation and interaction of multiple agencies; 12 WHEREAS, effective law enforcement depends upon the immediate action to protect lives and 13 property and to preserve the peace without regard to jurisdictional limitations; and, 14 WHEREAS,to establish general working relationships between the CAVHS Police Service and Little 15 Rock Police Department as a means of reinforcing interagency coordination and responsibility concerning 16 law enforcement, emergency response, requests for assistance, and physical security and access control 17 operations at John L.McClellan VA Medical Center located at 4300 West 7th Street,Little Rock,Arkansas, 18 and Veterans Day Treatment Center located at 1000 South Main Street,Little Rock,Arkansas; and 19 WHEREAS, authority is granted for the provision of joint cooperative action among political 20 subdivisions pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-20- 108, and as 21 otherwise provided by law; 22 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 23 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 24 Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to execute the Mutual Aid Agreement for Law 25 Enforcement Services, attached hereto for reference as Exhibit A, which provides for the interchange of 26 Law Enforcement Services between the City of Little Rock and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 27 Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. 28 Section 2. Severabiliry. In the event any portion of this Resolution is declared or adjudged to be 29 invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this 30 Resolution,which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or 31 unconstitutional was not originally a part of this Resolution. 32 Section 3. Repealer.All ordinances and resolutions,and parts thereof,which are in conflict with any 33 provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. [PAGE 1 OF 6] 1 ADOPTED November 4,2024 2 ATTEST: APPROVED: 3 Mitik\A IF 4 5 Allison Segars,Act_ ity Clerk rank co ,Jr.,Mayor 6 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 7 9 yn e Perez,Chief ty City Attorney 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // [PAGE 2 OF 6] 1 Exhibit A 2 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN 3 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,CENTRAL ARKANSAS 4 VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND 5 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK 6 This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into between the U.S. Department of Veterans 7 Affairs (VA) Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS) and the City of Little Rock, 8 hereinafter referred to as "parties." 9 1. PURPOSE. 10 a. To establish general working relationships between the CAVHS Police Service and Little Rock 11 Police Department as a means of reinforcing interagency coordination and responsibility 12 concerning law enforcement, emergency response, requests for assistance, and physical security 13 and access control operations at John L.McClellan VA Medical Center located at 4300 West 7th 14 Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Veterans Day Treatment Center located at 1000 South Main 15 Street,Little Rock,Arkansas. 16 17 2.REFERENCES. 18 a. VA Directive 0730,Security and Law Enforcement, 12 December 2012 19 b. VA Handbook 0730,Security and Law Enforcement, 11 August 2000 20 c. Interlocal Cooperation Act.Ark.Code Ann. § 25-20-108 21 22 3.GENERAL. 23 a. CAVHS, also known as, John L. McClellan VA Medical Center and Veterans Day Treatment 24 Center is in the City of Little Rock. The Little Rock CAVHS provides primary, specialty, and 25 extended care to Veterans throughout Little Rock. The mission of the John L. McClellan VA 26 Medical Center and Veterans Day Treatment Center is to provide timely, efficient, ethical, safe, 27 compassionate,and quality health care to Veteran patients. 28 29 b. The Little Rock Police Department has concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Government over 30 CAVHS properties. This jurisdiction grants local police agencies the authority to jointly enforce 31 Federal and state laws with VA Police on CAVHS properties. 32 33 4.RESPONSIBILITIES. 34 a. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Systems(CAVHS)Police Service will: [PAGE 3 OF 6] 1 (1) Maintain law and order and enforce Federal and state laws and VA regulations at the, including 2 the facility building and designated parking lots,for the protection of property owned or occupied 3 by the VA and persons on the property. 4 5 (2) Provide a primary initial response to any and all incidents or emergency situations at the John L. 6 McClellan VA Medical Center and Veterans Day Treatment Center. 7 8 b.Little Rock Police Department will: 9 10 (1) Respond to CAVHS Police Service's requests for assistance. Such assistance may include,but is 11 not limited to,the following situations: 12 13 (a) Armed hostage-taking situations that would require an armed response to assist VA 14 Police in containing the situation until appropriate Federal agencies(such as the Federal 15 Bureau of Investigation-FBI)can respond to assume control. 16 17 (b) Crimes involving armed robberies of funds, drugs, or properties where the individuals 18 committing the crimes leave VA police jurisdiction. 19 20 (c) Vehicle accident investigations, which may result in non-injuries, injuries, or death 21 involving the VA Police patrol vehicles. 22 23 (d) Any major incident that would require additional Officers for traffic control to allow 24 emergency vehicles clear access to the facility. 25 26 (2) Provide additional Officers when needed to assist with the physical arrest of a violent/disorderly 27 person(s)who poses a serious threat to VA patients,visitors,medical staff,or themselves. 28 29 (3) Provide assistance in the transportation of prisoner(s) arrested at the John L. McClellan VA 30 Medical Center and Veterans Day Treatment Center on occasions when there are only two VA 31 police officers on duty/unarmed Security Guards. 32 33 (4) Authorize access to and use of Little Rock police department central dispatch and patrol units 34 in the field for VA Police. The parties agree that the access and use of such information are [PAGE 4 OF 6] 1 solely limited to official law enforcement purposes and that the process of reprogramming VA 2 radios would be at no cost to the City of Little Rock. 3 4 (5) Should any VA Police Officer be involved in a shooting,the FBI will be notified immediately. 5 If the FBI declines the investigation, or if the FBI response is delayed, Little Rock Police 6 Department may provide investigative assistance to CAVHS Police.This assistance may range 7 from establishing, preserving, and controlling the crime scene, to performing as the lead 8 investigative agency. 9 10 (6) COMPACT ACT Section 205 Police Crisis Intervention Training for VA Police requires that 11 each VA medical center police service develop a plan to enter into partnerships with local mental 12 health organizations and experts, Veteran community organizations, as well as local police 13 departments to share training resources on Crisis Intervention Teams(CIT).This assistance may 14 range from collaborated training and sharing law enforcement to coordinated intervention tactics 15 when there is an extreme crisis involving a veteran(s). 16 17 5.ACCEPTANCE&RATIFICATION. 18 19 a. The provisions of this MOU are effective upon signature and date as indicated below and will be 20 reviewed every 3 years or as required. 21 22 b. This agreement may be unilaterally suspended or canceled by either side upon giving at least 180 23 days'written notice to the other party. 24 25 c. This MOU does not create additional jurisdiction or limit or modify existing jurisdiction vested in 26 the parties. This MOU is intended exclusively to provide guidance and documents an agreement 27 for general support between the parties. Nothing contained herein creates or extends any right, 28 privilege,or benefit to any person or entity. 29 30 d. Other areas of mutual interest may arise where services and support from one party of this MOU 31 are required by the other party of this MOU. This MOU is not meant to limit those instances nor 32 prohibit cooperation outside the above-listed situations set forth and agreed upon. [PAGE 5 OF 6] FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BRANDY Digitally signed by BRANDY SOTO SOTOi„aDate:2024.10.04 13:06:23 -05'00' Brandy Soto Date Chief, VA Police Service Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System United States Department of Veterans Affairs Digitally signed by CASPER GASPER NEHUS Dt 2O24.10.100921:17 Casper Nehus, BS-MT(ASCP), MA Date Interim Deputy Medical Center Director Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System United States Department of Veterans Affairs MICHAEL Digitally signed MOORE `-0soo 024.10.1608:5000 l.f Michael Moore, Ph.D. Date Interim Medical Center Director Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System United States Department of Veterans Affairs FOR THE LITTLE ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT Emily Jordan Cox Date Acting City Manager City of Lithe Rock [PAGE 6 OF 6]