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Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> JUL 192123 1 <br /> DAWN M. JONES <br /> ST. JOSEPH COUNTY OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING INVE' 6"a .11' , SOUTH BEND, IN <br /> INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br /> This St. Joseph County Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations Interlocal Agreement <br /> (this "Agreement") is entered into on , 2023 by and between the Board of <br /> Commissioners of St. Joseph County, Indiana (the"County"), the City of South Bend, Indiana <br /> ("South Bend"),and the City of Mishawaka,Indiana("Mishawaka")(collectively,the"parties") <br /> as it relates to the South Bend Police Department's (the "SBPD"), the Mishawaka Police <br /> Department's (the "MPD"), and the St. Joseph County Police Department's (the "SJCPD") <br /> investigation of incidents in which a person is injured or dies as the result of an officer-involved <br /> shooting or dies as a result of alleged other action(s) of an officer. <br /> RECITALS <br /> A. The SBPD is a public safety and law enforcement unit supervised by the <br /> Chief of Police (the "SBPD Chief") and operating within South Bend in St. Joseph County, <br /> Indiana, in accordance with its legal authority and jurisdiction; and <br /> B. The MPD is a public safety and law enforcement unit supervised by the Chief <br /> of Police(the "MPD Chief) and operating within Mishawaka in St. Joseph County, Indiana <br /> in accordance with its legal authority and jurisdiction; and <br /> C. The SJCPD is a public safety and law enforcement unit supervised by the <br /> Sheriff(the"Sheriff) and operating within St. Joseph County, Indiana in accordance with its <br /> legal authority and jurisdiction;and <br /> E. The parties desire to continue past and ongoing efforts to cooperate and <br /> coordinate their functions and expertise and agree that the terms, conditions, and operations <br /> provided for in this Agreement will be in the best interest of their respective communities; <br /> and <br /> F. The parties are governmental entities and political subdivisions organized and <br /> existing pursuant to the laws of the State of Indiana; and <br /> G. Indiana Code 36-1-7,the Interlocal Cooperation Act, authorizes one or more <br /> governmental entities to exercise,jointly or by one entity on behalf of others, powers that <br /> may be exercised by such units severally; and <br /> H. The parties agree that it is desirable, advantageous, and in the public <br /> interest to enter into an Agreement for joint and cooperative action as embodied herein. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises <br /> contained herein, and pursuant to the authority granted the parties under Ind. Code 36-1-7, <br /> the parties agree as follows: <br /> Exhibit A <br />