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REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT
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4 THIS AGREEMENT, dated for purposes of reference only,
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6 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, hereinafter referred to as "County, " and the
7 CITIES OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS, AND ROLLING HILLS
8 ESTATES, hereinafter referred to as "CITIES. "
9 RECITALS:
10 (a) The Cities are desirous of contracting with the County
11 for the performance of the hereinafter described law enforcement
12 functions within its boundaries by the County of Los Angeles
13 through the Sheriff thereof.
14 (b) The County of Los Angeles is agreeable to rendering such
15 services on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
16 (c) Such contracts are authorized and provided for by the
17 provisions of Section 56-1/2 and 56-3/4 of the Charter of the
18 County of Los Angeles and Article 1, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1,
19 Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California.
20 (d) The Cities have previously contracted for law enforcement
21 services under a regional agreement and desire to continue such
22 services.
23 THEREFORE, THE PARTIES MUTUALLY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
24 1. The County agrees, through the Sheriff of the County of
25 Los Angeles, to provide, and the Cities to accept, police
26 protection within the corporate limits of these cities to the
27 extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth.
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•1 Except as otherwise hereinafter specifically set forth, such
2 services shall only encompass duties and functions of the type
3 coming within the jurisdiction of and customarily rendered by the
4 Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles under the Charter of said
5 County and statutes of the State of California.
6 2 . The rendition of such service, the standards of
7 performance, the discipline of officers, and other matters incident
8 to the performance of such services and the control of personnel so
9 employed shall remain in the County. In the event of a dispute
10 between the parties as to the extent of the duties and functions to
11 be rendered hereunder, or the minimum level of manner of
12 performance of such service, the determination thereof made by the
13 Sheriff of the County shall be final and conclusive as between the
14 parties hereto.
15 3 . Basic law enforcement services will be provided by the
16 County on the basis of a general law enforcement patrol car, or
li multiple or fraction thereof, and a station detective, or multiple
18 or fraction thereof. It is hereby agreed that the minimum level of
19 basic law enforcement service shall be determined by the County as
20 provided in Paragraph 2 herein.
21 4 . Services performed hereunder may include, if requested by
22 the Cities, traffic enforcement, license inspection and
23 enforcement, the supplying of crossing guards and school safety
24 officers and any other services in the field of public safety, law
25 enforcement, or related fields within the legal power of the
26 Sheriff to provide.
27 Should any one of the cities desire to receive any service
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1 written request must contain a statement indicating the Sheriff's
2 willingness to provide such service. Provision of such service
3 shall be contingent upon the Sheriff's willingness to provide it.
4 5. There is hereby created an Administrative Committee which
5 shall consist of the City Manager of each city and the Sheriff of
6 the County, or their respective representatives. Said committee
7 shall meet at the request of any one (1) member of the Committee at
8 a time and place mutually agreeable to all members. This request
9 shall consist of a written or verbal notice given to all members of
10 this Administrative Committee setting forth the requesting member's
11 desire to call such a meeting. The matters discussed at this
12 meeting may include the review of the overall aspects of the
13 Regional Law Enforcement Plan, the amount of service to be rendered
14 to each City under the Plan, the allocation of the percentage of
15 total cost of the Plan to be paid by each City, operational
16 standards, and any other matters relating to the administration of
17 the Regional Law Enforcement Plan. The Sheriff of the County or
18 his authorized representative shall present, upon request,
19 statistics evaluating the effectiveness of the plan and other such
20 information as may be useful in evaluation of the plan.
21 6. For the purpose of performing said functions, County shall
22 furnish and supply all necessary labor, supervision, equipment,
23 communication facilities, and supplies necessary to maintain the
24 level of service to be rendered hereunder.
25 When and if the County and any one of the cities concurs as to
26 the necessity of maintaining a law enforcement headquarters within
27 said City which would not normally be provided by the Sheriff, said
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1 office space, furniture and furnishings, office supplies, janitor
2 service, telephone, light, water and other utilities. It is
3 expressly further understood that in the event such local office is
4 maintained in that said City, such quarters may be used by the
5 Sheriff of the County of Los Angeles in connection with the
6 performance of his duties in territory outside of said City and
7 adjacent thereto, provided, however, that the performance of said
8 outside duties shall not be at any additional cost to said City.
9 Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed that in all
10 instances where special supplies, stationery, notices, forms, and
11 the like must be issued in the name of said Cities, the same shall
12 be supplied by said Cities at its own cost and expense.
13 7 . All persons employed in the performance of such services
14 and functions pursuant to this agreement for said Cities shall be
15 County employees, and no City employee as such shall be taken over
16 by said County, and no person employed hereunder shall have any
17 City pension, civil service, or any status or right.
18 For the purpose of performing services and functions, pursuant
19 to this agreement and not only for the purpose of giving official
20 status to the performance thereof, every County officer and
21 employee engaged in performing any such service and function shall
22 be deemed to be an officer or employee of said City while
23 performing service for said City, which service is within the scope
24 of this agreement and is a municipal function.
25 8 . Cities shall not be called upon to assume any liability
26 for the direct payment of any Sheriff's Department salaries, wages,
27 or other compensation to any County personnel performing services
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1 Except as herein otherwise specified, the City shall not be
2 liable for compensation of any County employee for injury or
3 sickness arising out of his employment.
4 9 . The parties hereto have executed an Assumption of
5 Liability Agreement approved by the Board of Supervisors on
6 December 27, 1977, and /or a Joint Indemnity Agreement approved by
7 the Board of Supervisors on October 8, 1991, and/or a revised Joint
8 Indemnity Agreement approved by the Board of Supervisors on August
9 9, 1993 . Whichever of these documents the Cities have signed later
10 in time is currently in effect and hereby made a part of and
11 incorporated into this agreement as if set out in full herein. In
12 the event the Board of Supervisors' approves a subsequent revised
13 Joint Indemnity Agreement and the Cities execute the revised
14 agreement, the subsequent agreement as of its effective date shall
15 supersede the agreement previously in effect between the parties
16 hereto.
17 10. Unless sooner terminated as provided for herein, this
18 agreement shall be effective July 1, 1995 and shall remain in
19 effect until June 30, 2000. At the option of the Board of
20 Supervisors and with the consent of each City Council, this
21 agreement may be renewable for successive periods of not to exceed
22 five years each.
23 Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph hereinbefore
24 set forth, any party may terminate this agreement as of the first
25 day of July of any year upon notice in writing to the other parties
26 of not less than sixty (60) days prior thereto. In the event of
27 such notice of termination by any City, this agreement will be
28 deemed terminated as to all parties as of the first day of the
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1 first July following said notice.
2 Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, any City
3 may terminate this agreement upon notice in writing to the County
4 given within sixty (60) days of receipt of written notice by the
5 County of any increase in the rate for any service to be performed
6 hereunder, and in such an event this agreement shall terminate
7 sixty (60) calendar days from the date of any City's notice to the
8 County aforementioned.
9 11. Cities will pay for such service or services as are
10 required and requested and provided under this contract during the
11 fiscal year 1995-96 at the following rates or combinations thereof,
12 plus such additional amounts as determined by the County's Auditor-
13 Controller, that will reflect any amendment to the County Salary
14 Ordinance related to salaries and employee benefits adopted by the
15 Board of Supervisors.
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1 LAW ENFORCEMENT RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995-96*
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Service Annual Cost
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General Law** Traffic**
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One-Deputy Car
5 40-hour unit $ 162,255 $ 151,667
56-hour unit 227,157 212,334
6 168 hour unit 681,470 637,003
40-hour Motorcycle 160,084
7 56-hour Motorcycle 224,117
8 Two Deputy Car
40-hour unit 319,443 298,268
9 56-hour unit 447,221 417,576
10 280-hour unit 1,121,598 1,047,486
11 Team Leader
40-hour unit 167,727 156,260
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Miscellaneous Services (per year)
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Civilian Parking Control Officer 49,616
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Community Relations Officer:
15 Generalist 90,343
Deputy IV 97,454
16 Sergeant 115,440
Lieutenant 130,579
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Community Services Officer - with Vehicle 26,511
18 - without Vehicle 25,068
19 Special Assignment Officer:
Generalist - no Relief 106,411
20 - with Relief 124,195
Sergeant - no Relief 121,403
21 - with Relief 141,694
22 Station Detective 116,597
23 Crossing Guard (hourly) 8.42
License Investigation - Civilian Investigator 38.69
24 Helicopter Response 475.20
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** The costs for general law patrol and traffic law patrol include station level
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1 The foregoing rates shall be readjusted by the County Auditor-
2 Controller annually effective July 1 of each year to reflect the
3 cost of such service in accordance with the policies and procedures
4 for the determination of such rate as adopted by the Board of
5 Supervisors of County.
6 Cities shall be notified of the new rates established by the
7 Auditor-Controller prior to the beginning of the fiscal year in
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9 12 . Beginning with the first fiscal year of this Regional Law
10 Enforcement Services Agreement, each City shall pay a percentage of
11 the total cost of the law enforcement service level. As agreed
12 upon by the Administrative Committee, such percentages shall be
13 established based upon a formula which includes time expended,
14 numbers of cases handled and called for service experienced during
15 the preceding fiscal year period, or such other factors as may be
16 recommended by the Administrative Committee.
17 Changes in this percentage cost, payable by each City, shall
18 be effective only upon unanimous agreement of all member cities.
19 13 . The cost of other services requested pursuant to this
20 agreement and not set forth in Paragraph 11 shall be determined by
21 the Auditor-Controller in accordance with the policies and
22 procedures established by the Board of Supervisors of County.
23 14 . The County, through the Sheriff of the County of Los
24 Angeles, shall render to said Cities within ten days after the
25 close of each calendar month a summarized invoice which covers all
26 services performed during said month, and said Cities shall pay
27 County therefor within thirty (30) days after date of said invoice.
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1 described on said invoice within thirty (30) days after the date of
2 the invoice, the County is entitled to recover interest thereon.
3 Said interest shall be at the rate of ten (10) percent per annum or
4 any portion thereof calculated from the last day of the month in
5 which the services were performed.
6 15. If such payment is not delivered to the County office
7 which is described on said invoice within thirty (30) days after
8 the date of the invoice, the County may satisfy such indebtedness,
9 including interest thereon, from any funds of any such City on
10 deposit within the County without giving further notice to said
11 City of County's intention to do so.
12 16. Before the start of each successive fiscal year, each
13 City shall set aside a fund in an amount equal to the cost, or an
11 amount 10 percent in excess of the estimated cost, of such
15 services, which said City will receive from the County under this
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17 17 . As part of its compliance with all applicable laws and
18 regulations relating to employee hiring, the County agrees that the
19 County Civil Service Rules to which it is subject and which
20 prohibit discrimination on the basis of non-merit factors, shall
21 for purposes of this contract be read and understood to prohibit
22 discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING
2 HILLS and ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, by resolution duly adopted by
3 their City Council, caused this agreement to be signed by the Mayor
4 and attested to by the Clerk of each city, and the County of Los
5 Angeles, by order of its Board of Supervisors, have caused these
6 presents to be subscribed by the Chairman of said Board and the
7 seal of said Board to be affixed thereto and attested by the Clerk
8 of said Board, all on the day and year first above written.
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