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A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington (City), authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Interlocal
Agreement between the City and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
(Tribe) for Cooperative Law Enforcement.
WHEREAS, the Port Angeles Police Department and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Police Department provide law enforcement services in adjoining jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, this proximity results in both agencies providing assistance to the other
agency on occasion; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles is authorized to enter into interlocal agreements
pursuant to RCW 39.34.020 with qualifying public agencies, such as the Lower Elwha Klallam
Tribe; and
WHEREAS, this cooperative inter - agency assistance enhances public safety for all
persons and property within the corporate limits of the City, as well as Reservation and on Off -
Reservation Indian Trust Lands; and
WHEREAS, an Interlocal Agreement will formalize the relationship between the two
agencies and establish procedures and set limits of authority and liability;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles, Washington as follows:
1. It is beneficial to the citizens of Port Angeles to have the assistance of the
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Police to assist Port Angeles Police Department Officers when
needed, and it is beneficial to the members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to have Officers
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of the Port Angeles Police Department assist Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Police when needed,
particularly in times of crisis, as set forth in the attached Interlocal Cooperative Law
Enforcement Agreement.
2. An Interlocal Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement appropriately sets forth
the terms and conditions upon which the police departments of the Tribe and City may cross -
commission each others officers and provide assistance and cooperation to one another is hereby
approved.
3. The Mayor, on behalf of the City, is authorized to accept any minor changes
and to execute both (1) an Interlocal Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement between the
City of Port Angeles and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and (2) this resolution.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port les at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 20th day of July, 2010.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J.� ssa Hurd, City Clerk William E. Bloor, City Attorney
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Dan Di Gui, ayor
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