HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.C.2. Police Assistance for the Republican National Convention
CITY OF SHAKOPEE s: e.L .
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Memorandum
TO: Mayor and City Council C01~SEf~T
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: Captain Jeff Tate
SUBJECT: Police Assistance for the Republican National Convention
DATE: July 8, 2008
INTRODUCTION:
Council is asked to consider authorizing Shakopee members of the Tri-City Emergency
Response Team to assist the City of St. Paul during the Republican National Convention.
BACKGROUND:
The City of St. Paul will serve as a host city for the 2008 Republican National
Convention (RNC) to be held September 1-4, 2008. As such, they have agreed to
undertake certain public safety and security measures related to the 2008 RNC and other
special venues related to the event held in other locations throughout the greater St. Paul-
Minneapolis metropolitan area.
The City of St. Paul is in need of procuring additional law enforcement personnel to
provide the public safety and security measures required for an event of such size and
unique nature. At the request of the City of St. Paul, the Shakopee Police Department
would provide police personnel already assigned to the Tri-City Emergency Response
Team for the entire event. There are currently six members ofthe Shakopee Police
Department assigned to the Tri-City Emergency Response Team. Those team members
will be assigned to the southern mobile field force during the RNe.
In exchange for our City's involvement with the event, the City of St. Paul will outfit
those assigned officers with full riot gear as well as provide a minimum of 40 hours of
comprehensive training at no cost. The Tri-City Emergency Response Team will be able
to keep all equipment used during training and the RNC itself. Regular wages and
overtime compensation for deploying Shakopee personnel will also be fully funded by
the City of St. Paul, including training time.
The City's Attorney has conducted a thorough legal review ofthe proposed Joint Powers
Agreement between the City of St. Paul and the Tri-City Emergency Response Team, and
is comfortable with the Tri-City Emergency Response Team entering into that agreement.
The Tri-City Emergency Response Team is its own separate entity.
VISIONING RELATIONSHIP:
This action supports:
Goal B - High Quality of life.
Strategy 6: Provide high quality services.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Authorize police staff assigned to the Tri -City Emergency Response Team to
assist the City of St. Paul with public safety during the RNC.
2) Do not authorize staff to assist the City of St. Paul.
3) Table and provide staffwith direction.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends alternative 1.
ACTION REQUESTED:
The City Council, if they concur, should authorize Shakopee Police staff assigned to the
Tri-City Emergency Response Team to assist the City of St. Paul with public safety
during the Republican National Convention.