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2007-002 - Authorizing The Town Manager To Enter Into An Agreement With The City Of Campbell Police Department To Formalize The Creation Of A Regionalized Special Weapons And Tactics (Swat) And Hostage Negotiations Team (Hnt) And To Authorize Staff To ExeRESOLUTION 2007 -002 RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CAMPBELL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FORMALIZE THE CREATION OF A REGIONALIZED SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS (SWAT) AND HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM (HNT) AND TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXECUTE FUTURE AMENDMENTS AND AGREEMENTS WHEREAS, the Campbell Police Department and the Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police Department share not only a common boundary and proximity but also overlapping demands for police responses often due to high- risk/critical incidents which require the specialized attention of a team trained specifically to be effective in highly volatile situations; and WHEREAS, the Police Departments of the City of Campbell and the Town of Los Gatos have long recognized that mutual aid and cooperation in response to critical incidents can be enhanced and made more flexible and effective by combining forces for hostage negotiation and special weapons and tactics purposes; and WHEREAS, the Police Departments of the City of Campbell and the Town of Los Gatos now desire to formally establish and confirm the framework for this cooperative effort as well as to clarify the legal relationships which result from that ongoing cooperative arrangement; RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara, State of California, that the Town of Los Gatos hereby authorizes the Town Manager to execute an agreement with the City of Campbell Police Department to formalize the creation of a Regionalized SWAT/lINT teams and to authorize staff to execute future amendments necessary during this agreement. N:WGR \COUNCIL\RESOLUTIONS\2007 \2007 -002 1 -16 -07 SWAT.DOC PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California, held on the 16th of January, 2007 by the following vote: COUNCIL MEMBERS: AYES: Steve Glickman, Diane McNutt, Barbara Spector, Mike Wasserman, and Mayor Joe Pirzynski NAYS: None ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SIGNED: MA OR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA ATTEST: c CLERK MINISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA N:\ MGR \COUNCIL\RESOLUTIONS\2007 \2007 -002 1 -16 -07 SWAT.DOC