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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Alina T. Hudak, City Manager 
DATE:July  28, 2021
 



SUBJECT:

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (THE “SCHOOL BOARD”), WHICH SHALL PERMIT MIAMI BEACH POLICE OFFICERS TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, UPON REQUEST OF THE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.


BACKGROUND/HISTORY

On June 6, 2018, the City of Miami Beach entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to provide full time Miami Beach Police Officers at all Miami Dade Public Schools located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Miami Beach, Miami Dade County. Further in 2019, the Florida Legislature passed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act which allocated funding to permanently assign Miami Dade School Board Police at every school in Miami Dade County as soon as practical.

ANALYSIS

The Miami Beach Police Department and the Miami Dade County Schools Police desire to continue their partnership and enter into a new Memorandum of Understanding to which allows Miami Beach Police Officers to provide law enforcement services at all public schools within Miami Beach when properly requested by the Miami Dade Schools Police Department. This agreement commences on August 1st, 2021 and shall continue in full force until three (3) years from the effective date.

SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA

N/A

CONCLUSION

The Miami Beach Police Department, therefore, requests the Mayor and the City Commission to authorize the Chief of Police and City Clerk to execute the Memorandum of Understanding with the School Board of Miami Dade County.

Applicable Area

Citywide
Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14? Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
No No 

Strategic Connection

Neighborhoods - Work with partners to address regional safety issues.
Legislative Tracking
Police

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution & MOU