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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND THE
ORANGE COUNTY CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM (CART)
WHEREAS, the below subscribed public safety agencies have joined together in a multi -jurisdictional
effort to rescue abducted children and allocate their resources to missing/endangered children cases;
and
WHEREAS, the undersigned agencies are all participants in a multi -agency effort known collectively as
the Child Abduction Response Team (CART); and
WHEREAS, the undersigned agencies have the authority under the State of California Mutual Aid
Agreement to enter into a voluntary agreement for cooperation and assistance of a routine law
enforcement nature that crosses jurisdictional lines; and pursuant to exiting agreements adopted by
Orange County Chiefs of Police and Sheriffs Association; and
WHEREAS, the subscribing public safety agencies are so located in relation to one another that it is to
the advantage of each to receive and extend mutual aid in the form of public safety services and
resources to adequately respond to continuing, multi -jurisdictional criminal activity, so as to protect the
public peace and safety, and preserve the lives and property of the citizens; and
WHEREAS, this agreement does not supersede or take the place of any other agreement entered into by
the various members of the Child Abduction Response Team or the Orange County Chiefs of Police and
Sheriff's Association. Those agreements shall remain in full effect.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
Each of the undersigned public safety agencies approve, authorize and enter into this Agreement at the
request of the member agencies of the Child Abduction Response Team and the Orange County Chiefs
of Police and Sheriffs Association (OCCPSA) to implement the purposes and goals set forth herein.
Parties to this Agreement:
Orange County Sheriffs Department
California Highway Patrol
Orange County Office of the District Attorney
Orange County Office of Probation
California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation, Parole Operations
Anaheim Police Department
Brea Police Department
Buena Park Police Department
Costa Mesa Police Department
Cypress Police Department
Fountain Valley Police Department
Fullerton Police Department
Garden Grove Police Department
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Huntington Beach Police Department
Irvine Police Department
La Habra Police Department
La Palma Police Department
Laguna Beach Police Department
Los Alamitos Police Department
Newport Beach Police Department
Orange Police Department
Placentia Police Department
Santa Ana Police Department
Seal Beach Police Department
Tustin Police Department
Westminster Police Department
University of California, Irvine Police Department
California State University, Fullerton Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Orange County Fire Authority
Community Service Programs (CSP), Victim Assistance
Additional parties may, at the request and with the approval of OCCPSA and the other Child Abduction
Response Team members, enter in this Agreement at a later date as evidenced by their signing of the
Agreement. Any party may cancel its participation in the Agreement upon delivery of written notice of
cancellation to OCCPSA.
CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM GOALS AND COOPERATION TO BE
RENDERED:
The primary goal of the Child Abduction Response Team is to provide a pool of specialized personnel to
respond and assist any Orange County Public Safety Agency in an abducted or missing children case
requiring the necessity for specialization. If the CART is requested, personnel will respond to provide
assistance and identify resources to be utilized by the requesting agency. The role of CART is not to
assume control of the investigative and operational functions of the investigation.
The team will be comprised of various agencies whose members will be knowledgeable in the areas of:
• Investigation
• Legal Expertise
• Search and Rescue
• Communications and Technology
• 911 Center Management and Telephone Banks
• Incident Command System
• Media and Press Information
• Volunteer Management
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• Command Center and Logistics
• Parole and Probation
• Forensic Science
• Child Services
• Emergency Medical Services
• Traffic
• Utilizing State, Federal and Private Resources (NCMEC, etc.)
The CART team will be one of many tools or resources utilized during a Missing or Child Abduction.
The Amber Alert Coordinator for Orange County will be the Bureau Commander of the Orange County
Sheriff's Department Emergency Communications Bureau. Control One is managed by this assignment.
Procedure for Reauestin¢ and Authorizing Assistance:
Pursuant to the OCCPSA protocol on Amber Alerts, in the event of a child abduction, the Sheriffs ECB
Department Commander will be notified by the requesting agency's Watch Commander of their
designee. If the incident meets the criteria of a child abduction, Control One will activate the
appropriate AMBER Alert functions and the Sheriffs ECB Department Commander will notify the CART
Supervisor. The CART Supervisor will contact the requesting agency and offer the assistance of the
team. if the assistance is accepted, the team will be activated and respond to the Incident Command
Post for event details.
In the event of a missing child that is not a confirmed abduction, Control One will assist with the
appropriate actions. The impacted agency may request the CART team to be activated for a response.
The CART team will normally function as a force multiplier for the requesting agency, and the requesting
agency will remain as the lead agency in overall control of the investigation, unless the requesting
agency has formally asked that the CART team assume control of the investigation. The parties stipulate
that in the event a significant investigative or jurisdictional dispute should arise, the issue will
immediately be forwarded to the relevant agency chief executives for resolution.
Liability and Financial Accountability:
Each party engaging in any mutual cooperation and assistance pursuant to this Agreement agrees to
assume its own liability and responsibility for the acts or omissions, of such party's own employees while
such employees are engaged in rendering such aid, cooperation and assistance pursuant to this
Agreement.
Each party to this Agreement agrees to furnish available personnel, property, police equipment,
vehicles, resources and facilities to render services in order to effect the purposes of the Child Abduction
Response Team. Each party also agrees to bear the cost of loss or damage to such equipment, vehicles
or property. All parties understand and agree they will be responsible for their own liability and accept
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their own costs with regard to their property and resources. This provision shall not preclude necessary
property or resources from being purchased, funded, or provided by a participating party via the party's
legally vested forfeiture funds, if otherwise authorized by law.
Each party furnishing aid pursuant to the Agreement shall compensate its own employees during the
time such aid is rendered and shall defray the actual expenses of its employees while they are rendering
such aid, including any amounts, if legally applicable, that may be determined to be due for
compensation because of personal injury or death while such employees are engaged in rendering such
aid. The privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances, and rules, and all
pension, insurance, relief, disability, workers' compensation, salary (including overtime compensation or
compensatory time), death and other benefits that apply to the activity of an employee on behalf of the
employing agency shall apply to the same degree, manner, and extent to the activity of such employee
under this Agreement. This provision shall not preclude a party's payment of compensation, including
overtime compensation, for its personnel utilizing its legally vested forfeiture funds or other funding
sources to the extent allowed by law.
Each party agrees to maintain its own comprehensive general liability insurance, professional liability
insurance, as required, and automotive liability insurance or maintain a self-insuring fund for the term of
this Agreement in the amounts determined by each party to adequately insure such party's liability
assumed herein. Federal participants will be governed by applicable federal laws concerning the above.
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ORANGE COUNTY CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM
SHERIFF -CORONER SANDRA HUTCHENS
Orange County Sheriffs Department
Signa t a Date
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ORANGE COUNTY CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM
CHIEF JON LEWIS
Newport Beach Police Department
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Signature Date
,.',PROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'SFFI
Date: I a `�
By:
Aaron C. Harp, City Attorney
Revised: September, 2016