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Authorizing the Police Department to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement and Court Data Subscriber Amendment with the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department wishes to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement with the State of Minnesota, acting through its Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA); and
WHEREAS, this agreement allows the department to use systems and tools available over the State’s criminal justice data communications network for which the City is eligible and further provide the City with the ability to add, modify and delete connectivity, systems and tools over the five year life of the agreement and obligates the City to pay the costs for the network connection; and
WHEREAS, the BCA has entered into a separate agreement with courts that delegate to the BCA the authority to enter into an agreement and to amend the Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Saint Paul Police Department to cover court data to further streamline the department’s use of systems and tools that include court data; and
WHEREAS, by amending this agreement the department will be allowed to start using the Integrated Search Services (ISS), and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into the Joint Powers Agreement and the Court Data Subscriber Amendment as substantially set forth in the attached with the State of Minnesota.