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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-�� <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, <br />FLORIDA, APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, BY AND THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND <br />THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br />FACILITATING INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN POLICE RELATED INCIDENTS, <br />ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A"; AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO <br />EXECUTE SAID MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; AUTHORIZING THE CITY <br />MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION; <br />PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, his Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") has been jointly developed by <br />the participating agencies in an effort to outline the working relationship between the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach ("City"), by and through its Police Department ("SIBPD"), and the Florida <br />Department of Law Enforcement ("FDLE"), whereby the FDLE will assume the investigations of <br />the following events: <br />• The shooting of a person by SIBPD law enforcement officer acting in the line of <br />duty; <br />• The death of an arrestee while in the care, custody, or control of a SIBPD law <br />enforcement officer; <br />• The death of an arrestee shortly after being in the care, custody, or control of a <br />SIBPD law enforcement officer; or <br />• The death of an intended arrestee during an arrest attempt by a SIBPD law <br />enforcement officer; and <br />WHEREAS, this MOU has been carefully developed with the active participation of each <br />agency, including their legal representatives, with the intention of providing important <br />transparency to the investigations of these serious situations, thus ensuring the completion of <br />an objective investigative report; and <br />WHEREAS, a similar MOU has recently been entered into by FDLE and Miami -Dade <br />County ("County") and various County municipalities for the investigation of their respective <br />Police Department police involved shootings and in -custody deaths; and <br />WHEREAS, the transparency of these investigations is important for the respective <br />agencies who are parties to this MOU, the involved law enforcement officers, the subject's <br />family, and ultimately, the entire City community; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to approve the Memorandum of Understanding <br />with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the aforementioned police involved <br />incidents, attached hereto as Exhibit "A". <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY <br />ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: <br />@BCL@B405AC9E.doc Page 1 of 2 <br />