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Ordinance authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Temporary Intergovernmental Cooperative/Mutual Aid Agreement for Operational Assistance in Provision Security for the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland Ohio between the City of Pittsburgh and the City of Cleveland, Ohio, to provide professional law enforcement services for the 2016 Republic National Convention.
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WHEREAS, Cleveland, Ohio is the host city for the 2016 Republic National Convention (hereinafter the "RNC"), a National Special Security Event, which is to be held during the week of July 18, 2016, and
WHEREAS, the City of Cleveland, through its Division of Police ("CDP") is responsible for coordinating the overall public safety planning and operations for the RNC at the local law enforcement level; and
WHEREAS, the CDP remains in need of procuring the assistance of additional police officers and other public safety services to provide all of the public safety and security measures required before, during, and after the RNC; and
WHEREAS, the CDP assisted the City of Pittsburgh's Bureau of Police (the "Bureau") during the G-20 in 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau would like to reciprocate by offering its assistance to the CDP; and
WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code ?5502.29 authorizes political subdivisions in Ohio to collaborate with political subdivisions in adjacent states through agreements for mutual assistance or aid for purposes of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an incident , disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional assistance; and
WHEREAS, the head of the CDP has requested assistance from the Bureau for the RNC; and
WHEREAS, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. ?? 2301 et seq. likewise authorizes intergovernmental cooperation between a local government and other governmental entities located within or outside the Commonwealth of P...
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