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11 -087 <br /> Council Approval 2122111 <br /> INTERLOCAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUBURN, <br /> FEDERAL WAY, KENT, RENTON, TUKWILA, AND THE PORT OF <br /> SEATTLE, FOR CREATION OF THE <br /> VALLEY SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS <br /> TEAM <br /> I. PARTIES <br /> The parties to this Agreement are the Port of Seattle and the municipalities of Auburn, <br /> Federal Way, 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 Chapters 10.93, 39.34, and 53.08 of the <br /> Revised Code of Washington. <br /> III. PURPOSE <br /> The parties hereto desire to establish and maintain a multi jurisdictional SWAT Team to <br /> effectively respond to high risk criminal occurrences as described below. <br /> IV. FORMATION <br /> There is hereby created a multi jurisdictional Team to be hereafter known as the "Valley <br /> Special Weapons and Tactics Team" "VSWAT the members of which shall be the <br /> Port of Seattle, and the cities of Auburn, Federal Way, Kent, Renton, and Tukwila. The <br /> SWAT Team has been in existence for some time, and this Agreement is being re- <br /> entered into in order to remove the City of Des Moines as a SWAT Team member. <br /> The future admission or elimination of a jurisdiction as a member of the SWAT Team <br /> may be accomplished by an addendum to this agreement. <br /> V. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM <br /> King County and the municipalities within the Puget Sound area have experienced <br /> increasingly violent criminal confrontations due to, among other reasons, increased <br /> gang activity; increased drug abuse, distribution, and manufacturing; increased <br /> urbanization; and increased population densities. The ability to safely control, contain, <br /> and resolve high risk criminal incidents such as civil disobedience, barricaded subjects, <br /> hostage situations, gang member arrests, high risk felony arrests, and narcotic or high <br /> risk search warrants has strained the resources of the members' individual police <br /> departments. <br /> Law enforcement efforts directed at dealing with these high risk criminal incidents have, <br /> for the most part, been conducted by law enforcement agencies working independently. <br /> VALLEY SWAT TEAM 08 -19 -2010 <br /> INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page I "J� <br />