On December 19, 2000, the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 was enacted to enable the United States Justice Department, through the United States Marshals Service, to establish permanent Regional Fugitive Task Forces in order to locate and apprehend fugitives with active Federal and state arrest warrants.
The City of Miami Beach, on behalf of the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD), has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States Marshals Service to enable the MBPD to be a member agency of the South Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force, and a detective is assigned to the Task Force. This MOU was approved by the City Commission on September 15, 2010, and now requires renewal.
The United States Marshals Service will continue to provide the MBPD with a vehicle for use by the assigned detective, and, pending the availability of funding, will reimburse the MBPD for overtime costs consistent with the Fair Labor Standards Act, travel expenses and investigative costs that are incurred by the detective in locating and apprehending fugitives.