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I PARTIES <br />The parties to this agreement are the Port of Seattle and the Municipalities of <br />Auburn, Kent, Renton, and Tukwila, each of which is a municipal corporation <br />operating under the laws of the State of Washington <br />II AUTHORITY <br />This agreement is entered into pursuant to Revised Code of Washington <br />Chapters 10 93, 39 34, and Title 53 <br />III. PURPOSE <br />The parties hereto desire to establish and maintain a multi jurisdictional Valley <br />Special Response Team (Valley SRT) <br />IV FORMATION <br /> A oI- c/47 <br />INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT <br />VALLEY SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM <br />OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT <br />There is hereby established a multi jurisdictional team to be hereafter known as <br />the "Valley Special Response Team," the members of which shall be the Port of <br />Seattle, and the Cities of Auburn, Kent, Renton and Tukwila. As special needs <br />arise, it may be necessary to request from other law enforcement agencies <br />assistance and /or personnel, at the discretion of the Incident Commander and /or <br />Valley SRT Tactical Commander <br />V STATEMENT OF PROBLEM <br />King County and the municipalities within the Puget Sound area have <br />experienced increasingly violent criminal confrontations due to increased gang <br />activity, increased drug abuse, increased urbanization, and increased population <br />densities The ability to safely control, contain, and resolve criminal <br />confrontations such as civil disobedience, barricaded subjects, hostage <br />situations, gang member arrests, high risk felony arrests, and narcotic/high risk <br />search warrants has stretched the resources of the members individual Police <br />Department specialty teams <br />Law enforcement efforts directed at dealing with these violent confrontations have <br />for the most part been conducted by law enforcement agencies working <br />independently A multi jurisdictional effort to handle specific serious criminal <br />confrontations as well as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) will result in more <br />WCIA Final Version <br />1 Valley Special Response Team <br />Operational Agreement <br />