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.
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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:
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CLERK MINISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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