91-148 - King County - Law Enforcement Mutual Aid

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LAW ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT 4 September 1991 Page 3 10 AGENCY LIABILITY FOR PERSONNEL. The Primary Agency will not be responsible for salaries or overtime pay for officers from assisting agencies Whenever any person acting pursuant to this Agreement is injured and thus unable to perform his /her duties by reason of engaging in mutual aid, but is not at the time acting under the immediate direction of his /her employer, the person or his /her dependents, shall still be accorded by his /her employer the same benefits which he /she or they would have received had that officer been acting under the immediate direction of his /her employer in his /her own jurisdiction. No signatory party other than the employer of such injured person shall be liable for any such benefits. 11. RESERVE /SPECIAL OFFICERS. Reserve officers or part -time officers, as opposed to general authority peace officers, shall normally be exempt from use as mutual aid police resources outside their own jurisdictions, except those reserve officers certified by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission while working under the immediate supervision of a full -time officer. 12 RESOURCE INVENTORY AND REPORTING. Every signatory agency will develop and maintain a current inventory of its resources potentially available for mutual aid, and a plan for mobilization of those resources to effectively provide mutual aid to the other signatory agencies. The inventory, in form substantially as set forth in Attachment A (to be provided), will be filed with the District Coordinator and updated not less often than every three years As resources are deployed in a major disorder, the Coordinator will maintain a current inventory consistent with the operational situation. 13. TERMINATION. Any signatory agency may terminate its participation in this Agreement when a period of twenty (20) days has elapsed after notification is made by registered letter to DPS and the other agencies' normal business address. Termination of participation or non execution of this Agreement by any one agency shall not affect the validity of this Agreement with regard to other agencies 14. VENUE. This Agreement has been and shall be construed as having been made and delivered in the State of Washington, and it is mutually understood and agreed by each party hereto that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, both as to interpretation and performance. Any action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be instituted only in the courts of King County, Washington. 15. MODIFICATION. No changes or modification to this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon parties hereto unless such changes or modifications are in writing and executed by all the signatory parties. 16. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be LEGAL UNIT, RING COUNTY POLICE W116 Courthouse 516 Third Avenue Seattle WA 98104 -2312 (206) 296 5292 /SCAN 667 -5292