HomeMy WebLinkAboutK9 Mutual Aid 2013 2013-2017 INTER-LOCAL VOLUNTARY COOPERATION
OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE
THE CITY/COUNTY CANINE K-9 UNIT
The City of Altamonte Springs, Florida
The City of Casselberry, Florida
The City of Lake Mary, Florida
The City of Longwood, Florida
The City of Maitland, Florida
The City of Oviedo, Florida
The City of Sanford, Florida
The City of Winter Springs, Florida
and
The Sheriff of Seminole County, Florida-
WHEREAS, the Altamonte Springs Police Department, the Casselberry Police
Department, the Lake !Mary Police Department, the Longwood Police Department, the
Maitland Police Department, the Oviedo Police Department, the Sanford Police
Department, the Winter Springs Police Department, the Sanford Airport Authority and the
Seminole County Sheriff's office have the authority under Part I of Chapter 23, Florida
Statutes, the Florida Mutual Aid Act, to enter into a Voluntary Cooperation Agreement
for assistance of a routine law enforcement Canine Services according to procedures
specified herein.
NOW, THERFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
A. Canine K-9 : A working dog specifically trained to execute a number of specific law
enforcement and public safety tasks that utilize the canine's speed, agility, and sense
of smell. All canines must comply with the training and performance standards
outline in Section V. herein.
B. Handler: A law enforcement officer who has been specially trained the care,
handling, and utilization of a police canine in those skills established by the United
States Police Canine Association.
C. Canine Team: A Canine handler and his/her assigned canine.
SECTION 11. CANINE ASSISTANCE REQUEST AND RESPONSE
City/County -9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement--January 2017 Page of 8
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Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland, Oviedo, Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
A. The City/County Canine Unit (CCCU) is a multi-agency unit, organized and
formulated to provide a resource pool of canines and canine handlers who train and
work together. These canines and handlers are available to respond to law
enforcement agencies' request(s) for assistance under the provisions of the policy
and procedures set forth in this voluntary Cooperation Agreement.
B. Requests for canine assistance from member agencies of the CCCU shall be
initiated by the on-duty supervisor. The requesting supervisor must state the reason
the canine team is needed and the estimated time the canine team will be needed.
C. The request from member agencies shall be received by the Communications Center
and routed to the on-duty Shift Commander.
D. The Canine Supervisor or Shift Commander shall evaluate the request and approve
as appropriate.
E. An agency with canines will utilize their on-duty canine teams first, before calling for
an outside agency's canine team assistance unless a specific canine's ability is
needed
F. once on the scene of an incident, the canine handler will report to the incident
commander.
O. Subject to consultation with the incident commander from the requesting agency, the
deployment and use of his/her canine will be at the discretion of the canine handler.
The handler will follow his/her agency's policy on the use of the canine.
H. Where operational requirements develop during a law enforcement operation that
require the crossing of jurisdictional lines, each party agrees to notify by radio,
telephone, or in writing, the Sheriff/Chief, or his designee, of the jurisdiction(s)
involved, prior to or as soon as possible thereafter, when jurisdictional lines are
crossed.
I. Anytime a canine handler is deploying outside of his/her jurisdiction, he/she will notify
the local jurisdiction via radio or telephone of the deployment and reason.
J. While on a deployment, canine handlers will maintain communications at all times
with the appropriate jurisdiction within which they are located.
SECTION Ill. CANINE DEPLOYMENTS
City/County Kw9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement--January 2017 Page 2 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland,Oviedo,Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
Canine Teams may be deployed for numerous purposes including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. Area searches
2. Tracking
3. Building searches
4. Vehicle searches
5. Search for victims/missing persons
5. Crowd control
7. Article searches
8. criminal apprehension
9. Warrants
19. Passive tracking
11. Narcotics Detection
12. cadaver searches
13. Explosives, incendiary devices/substances and volatile substance detection.
SECTION IV, GUIDELINES FOR CANINE USAGE
A. General
1. Officers shall not approach the canine and/or canine vehicle without the
knowledge and consent of the canine handler.
2. Officers should not enter an area or building that the canine is searching unless
advised to by the canine handler.
3. In the event the handler becomes involved in a physical altercation or is attacked,
officers should move away from the handler and/or the subject. As the canine
exits the patrol vehicle, he is trained to come to the handler's aid. The canine is
not trained to recognize uniforms or refrain from attacking persons in uniform.
B. searches
1. The canine may be trained to alert to the presence of narcotics including but not
limited to cannabis, cocaine (including crack), and heroin. However, the canine
should not be used to search persons for possession of narcotics unless the
canine is trained for passive alert.
City/County K-9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement--January 2017 Page 3 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland,Oviedo,Sanford,Winter springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole county, Florida
2. The first officer at the scene should not touch, approach, retrieves or handle any
evidence, articles, or debris believed to be associated to or with the scene.
3. officers should be directed to secure the scene and establish and maintain a
perimeter. They shall maintain said perimeter until advised to discontinue the
perimeter by the canine handler or supervisor.
4. If a building is to be searched, all perimeter officers must stand away from, and out
of view of windows, doors, and other openings.
5. one officer should remain at the point of entry to assist in the event suspects are
located and/or trouble ensues.
C. Tracking
1. When tracking an armed suspect, one officer should follow approximately fifty (50)
feet behind the handler (or at a distance the handler deems necessary) to provide
protection and cover.
2. Whenever a Canine Team is called to initiate a track, officers on the scene must
use care not to contaminate the crime (track) scene. officers must not allow
victims or witnesses to contaminate the crime (track) scene.
D. Special Usage
1. Usage of a Canine Team for crowd control shall require prior approval of the
Sheriff/Chief, or their designee.
2. Canine Scent Line-U procedures are as follows:
a. Tests shall be done in a fair, objective manner.
b. Cross contamination between the scent article and questioned article should
be prevented.
c. Physical contact between the scent article and the questioned article should
be eliminated.
i. This includes preventing one officer from having contact with both
articles.
ii. The same officer should never touch the scent article and the
questioned article.
d. Canine handlers will select officers or other assistants to handle the items
and set up the line-ups.
e. Items of evidence for scent lineups shall be packaged properly.
City/County K-9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement—January 2017 Page 4 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland, Oviedo,Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
f. The area of a scent line-up should be one where the defendant has not been
recently present.
g. If there is going to be more than one scent line-up, handlers must ensure that
subsequent line-ups are conducted far enough apart that any pooled scent
will not affect the second line-up.
h. Handlers shall document all scent lineups by videotape, photographs, and/or
a written report.
i. Canine handlers conducting the canine scent line-up search should not be
informed or aware of the correct item location in advance in order to ensure
the canine's independence and initiative.
SECTION V. TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
A. General
1. All canine teams must successfully meet the initial and re-certification requirements
set forth by the Florida Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission. This is
the minimum state requirement for patrol canine operations.
2. All agencies with canine teams will provide copies of the initial training certificates
and re-certification certificates to each Sheriff/Chief or his designee on an annual
basis.
3. Handlers will document all training done with their canines. Documentation of canine
training shall be on training forms approved by the handler's agency.
B. Specialized Trainin
1. Training for passive tracking canines or canines used to locate narcotics, explosives,
and cadavers will be administered by a recognized trainer and/or training facility.
2. Each handler and canine team receiving specialized training will be certified by the
training facility or a nationally recognized association such as the United States
Police Canine Association, North American Police Work Dog Association, National
Police Canine Association, or the Law Enforcement Bloodhound Association.
3. Copies of initial specialized training certificates and/or additional training certificates
shall be submitted to each Sheriff/Chief or his/her designee on an annual basis.
City/County K-9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement--January 2017 Page 5 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland, Oviedo,Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
SECTION VI. RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE
A. Each participating Agency shall have a written policy addressing when a handler is
authorized to utilize his/her canine to forcibly control a suspect.
B. When the canine makes a physical apprehension, the suspect shall be taken into
custody and turned over to the officer that requested the canine team services.
C. The handler shall be responsible for ensuring medical aid is summoned as soon as
safety permits and shall notify his/her supervisor of the incident. The suspect shall
be evaluated by medical personnel or transported to a hospital.
D. Handlers utilizing force (including their canine's force) shall complete a "Response to
Resistance" form as prescribed by their agency.
E. All injuries caused by canines shall be photographed and attached to the "Response
to Resistance Report" and shall include a photograph of the subject's face for
identification purposes.
F. The "Response to Resistance Report" packet shall be forwarded through the
handler's chain of command. Copies shall be provided to the arresting officer if
requested or necessary.
G. Handlers shall immediately report all accidental canine bites to their supervisor and
shall fully document all accidental canine bites.
SECTION VII, POWERS PRIVILEGES IMMUNITIES AND COSTS
A. Members of the subscribed law enforcement agencies, when actually engaging in
mutual cooperation and assistance outside of the jurisdictional limits of their
respective agencies, under the terms of this Agreement, shall, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 23.127, Florida Statutes, have the same powers, duties, rights,
privileges, and immunities, as if they were performing their duties in the political
subdivision in which they are normally employed.
B. Each party agrees to furnish necessary equipment, resources, and facilities, and to
render Services to each other party to the Agreement as set forth above, provided
however, that no party shall be required to deplete unreasonably its own equipment,
resources, facilities, and services, in furnishing such mutual aid.
City/County K-9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement—January 2017 Page 6 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland, Oviedo,Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
C. The agency furnishing aid, pursuant to this Agreement, shall bear the loss or
damages to such equipment, and shall pay any expense incurred in the operation
and maintenance thereof.
D. The agency furnishing aid, pursuant to this Agreement, shall compensate its
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a pp ointees/employees during the time such aid is rendered, and shall defray the
actual travel maintenance expenses of such appointees/employees while they are
rendering such aid, including any amounts paid or due for compensation due to
personal injury or death while such appointees/employees are engaged in rendering
such aid.
E. All the privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and
rules, and all pension, insurance, relief, disability, worker's compensation, salary,
death, and other benefits that apply to the activity of such officers, agents, or
employees of any such agency when performing their respective functions within the
territorial limits of their respective public agencies, shall apply to them to the same
degree manner, and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their
functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this Mutual Aid
Agreement. The provisions of this section shall apply with equal effect to full time
paid, part time, volunteers, and reserve members.
SECTION VIII. INDEMNIFICATION
Each party engaging in any mutual cooperation and assistance, pursuant to this
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A reement agrees with respect to any suit or claim for damages resulting from any and
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all acts, omissions, or conduct of such party's own appointees/employees occurring while
engaging in rendering such aid, pursuant to this Agreement, to hold harmless, defend,
and indemnify the other participating party and his appointees/employees, subject to
provisions of Section 768.28, Florida Statutes, where applicable and to the extent
permitted by law. Any party having a duty to indemnify and defend under this
Agreement shall have control of the defense of any suit or claim arising under said duty.
Each party shall be responsible for the acts, omissions, or conducts of its own
employees.
SECTION IX, INSURANCE PROVISIONS
City/County Kw9 Unit Mutual Aid Agreement—January 2017 Page 7 of 8
Cities of Altamonte Springs,Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland, Oviedo,Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole county, Florida
Each party shall provide satisfactory proof of liability insurance by one or more of the
means specified in Section 758.28(14), Florida Statutes, in an amount that is, in the
judgment of the governing body of that party, at least adequate to cover the risk to which
that party may be exposed. Should the insurance coverage, however provided, of any
party be canceled or undergo material change, that party shall notify all parties to this
Agreement of such change within ten (10) days of receipt of notice or actual knowledge
of such change.
SECTION X, EFFECTIVE DATE
This City/County Canine (K-9) Unit Voluntary Cooperation Agreement shall take
effect upon execution and approval by the hereinafter named officials, and shall continue
in full force and effect until January 01, 2017, unless terminated prior thereto by any or
all the parties herein.
SECTION XII. CANCELLATION
Linder no circumstances may this Agreement be renewed or extended, except in writing.
Any party may withdraw from this Agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice to all
other parties signatured below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HERETO] CAUSE THESE PRESENTS TO BE
SIGNED ON THE DATE SPECIFIED:
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Cities of Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood,
Maitland,Oviedo, Sanford,Winter Springs,Sanford Airport Authority
and Seminole County, Florida
Party's acceptance of the Voluntary cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole County, Florida
CITY/COUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S.23.1225(3), this agreement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Officer of the agency who is authorized to contractually bind the agency. By signing
below, an indication of such authorization is being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
at FDLE along with signature page.
Seminole county riff's office
Donald F. Eslinger, Sheriff
Date
Party's acceptance of the Volun:t ti on Mutual Aid Agreement among, the
member agencies of Seminole County, Florida
CITY/COUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S.23.1225(3), this agreement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Officer of the agency who, is authorized to contractually bind the agency. Bysigning
below, an indication of such authorization is being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
at FDLE along with, signature page.
City of Altamonte Springs
Patricia Bate;117s�`,'"M�ayor
City of Altamonte Springs, Florida
Date
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Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mu�tual Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole County, Florida
CITY/COUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to, F.S.23.1225(3), this agreement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Off ice,r of the agency who is authorized to contractually bind the agency. By signing
below, an indication of such authorization is in made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
at FDLE, along with s,ignat err
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C12ty of Casselberry
Charlene 61ancyl MVOor
City of Casselberry, r
Date
Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole county, Florida
CITYICOUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S.23.1 225[3], this agreement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Officer of the agency who is authorized to contractually bind the agency. By signing
below, an indication of such authorization is being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
at FDLE along with signature page.
City of Lake Mary
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Ja ell B. Sova, City Manager
City of Lake Mary, Florida
November 28 2012
Date
ITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HERETO CAUSE THESE PRESEN-r's -ro BE
SIGNED ON, THE DATE SPECIFIED:
Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement among the member
agencies, of Seininole County, Florida
CITYMOUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S,.23.1225(3), this agreement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Off icer of the agency who i's authorized to contractually bind the agency. By signing below,
an indication of such authorization i's being made. Any signatory may attach to this
signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on f'ile at FDLE
along, with signature page.
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City of Longwood,
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Maitland,Oviedo, Sa,nford,Winter Sprinq
Sanford Air por�.Authority
any 9-ow e,County, Florida
Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mutual,Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole County, Florida
CITY/CO,UNTY K9 UNIT
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Officer of th ncy who is authorized to contractually bind the agen y. By signing
below,, an indication of such authorization is In made. Any signatory may attach to,
this signature page and any further evidence of'authorization you wish to, remain on file
at FDLE along with signature page.
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member agencies, of Seminole County, Florida
CITY/COUNTY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S.23.,1225(3), t re,ement may be entered into by a Chief Executive
Officer of the agency who is authorized to contractually, bind the agency. By signing
below, an indication of such authorization is in made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
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Officer of the agency who is authorized to contractually bind the agency. Bysi'gnin,g
below, an indication of such authlorizatire is being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
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Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole county, Florida
CITY/COUNTY K9 UNIT
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Officer of the agency who is authorized to contractually bind the agency. By signing
below, an indication of such authorization is being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
at FDLE along with signature page.
City of Sanford
Norton N. B naparte ' y Manager
City of Sanfor orida
Date
Party's acceptance of the Voluntary Cooperation Mutual Aid Agreement among the
member agencies of Seminole County, Florida
CITYMOUNITY K9 UNIT
Pursuant to F.S.23.1225(3), this agreement may be entered into by a Chief' Executive
Off icer of the agency who is authorized' to contractually bin�d the agency. By s,igning
below, an indication of such authorization i's being made. Any signatory may attach to
this signature page and any further evidence of authorization you wish to remain on file
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