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BILL NO. 18-12 <br />RESOLUTION NO, 4705-18 <br />A RESOLUTION OF <br />THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br />APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, <br />FOR THE MUTUAL OPERATION OF SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS <br />KNOWN AS METRO UNITS <br />ADDRESSING CRIMES OF SPECIAL GRAVITY IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana, through the South Bend Police Department <br />("SBPD") has a history of cooperating with the St. Joseph County Prosecutor in the investigation <br />and prosecution of crime within the City of South Bend; and <br />WHEREAS, St. Joseph County, Indiana, has created three special units that conduct <br />criminal investigations of certain crimes deemed to have high impact upon the safety and welfare <br />of citizens of St. Joseph County, Indiana, and which further provide services to victims of certain <br />crimes. These are the St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit ("CMIdU"); the St. Joseph County <br />Special Victims Unit (SVU); and the St. Joseph County Drug Investigation Unit (DIU), <br />collectively known as the "Metro Units"; and <br />WHEREAS, the CMHU presently combines the expertise of highly skilled and trained law <br />enforcement officers from the St. Joseph County Police Department, the SBPD, the Mishawaka <br />Police Department and the Notre Dame Security Police Department, as well as the technical and <br />support services of Indiana University South Bend, to among other things investigate, gather and <br />report data, and share information with the SBPD concerning crimes involving death or deadly <br />force and other connected crimes. The SVU conducts criminal investigations and provides <br />services to victims of domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault in St. Joseph County, and <br />the DIU investigates and prosecutes drug related crimes within St. Joseph County particularly <br />those involving overdose deaths, and armed drug traffickers. <br />WHEREAS, 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 may be <br />exercised by such units severally; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to IC 36-1-7, the City will cooperatively assist the Metro (Jnits <br />operation by providing South Bend Police Department officers to serve as Investigators, by <br />providing each of these Investigators with a vehicle and requisite equipment, and by providing <br />funds to pay for the cost and expenses of three additional Investigators of approximately $103,000 <br />per officer annually, for an annual total of about $308,500. The Prosecutor of St. Joseph County <br />will provide for the facilities needed for the Metro Unit operations subject to a separate cost sharing <br />arrangement with the City, and the cost of the Metro Unit command staff, among other things; and <br />