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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND ALLFIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES OPERATING IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR DIRECT RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 911 PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS AND FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES This Interlocal Agreement is made and entered into by and between Miami -Dade County as the metropolitan sheriff operating by and through the Miami -Dade Police Department (hereinafter, the COUNTY) and all first responder agencies operating within Miami -Dade County (See Exhibit A), including those agencies that operate their own 911 public safety answering points (See Exhibit B) (hereinafter, FIRST RESPONDER AGENCY(IES)). WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the sheriff of Miami -Dade County, Florida, to ensure that each 911 public safety answering point (hereinafter, PSAP) is capable of direct radio communications with first responders and dispatchers within the surrounding area for which the PSAP would not otherwise provide dispatch; and WHEREAS, public safety is best served when emergency services are dispatched appropriately and neighboring first responder agencies can share information and communicate seamlessly in the event of an emergency, even when calls are misrouted based on the geographical location from which the call originated; and WHEREAS, section 365.179, Florida Statutes requires each sheriff, in collaboration with all first responder agency heads in his or her county, to facilitate the development and execution of written interlocal agreements between all primary first responder agencies within the county to coordinate direct radio communication between 911 PSAPs and FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES regarding dispatch and communication protocols; and WHEREAS, each agreement must establish written protocols that outline circumstances and public safety emergencies under which a PSAP will directly provide notice by radio of an emergency to the on -duty personnel of a first responder agency for which the PSAP does not