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provide primary dispatch functions; and WHEREAS, each agreement must require the PSAP to have direct radio contact with primary first responder agencies and their dispatchers, for whom the PSAP can reasonably receive 911 communications, without having to transfer a 911 communication to another PSAP or dispatch center for dispatch; and WHEREAS, each PSAP must be capable of immediately broadcasting 911 communications or public safety information over the primary radio dispatch channels of each first responder agency in the county it serves, except in those first responders service areas where the PSAP cannot reasonably receive 911 calls; and where a county or jurisdiction has multiple PSAPs, each PSAP must have this capability. WHEREAS, unless technologically precluded due to radio incompatibility, upon written request from a law enforcement agency head, a law enforcement agency head in the same county or in an adjacent jurisdiction in another county must authorize the requesting agency to install the responding agency's primary dispatch channel or channels in the requesting agency's PSAP, dispatch center, or mobile or portable radios; and WHEREAS, the COUNTY provides primary police service and/or dispatch service for 28 of Miami -Dade County's cities (herein, COUNTY PSAP) with seven entities maintaining their own police departments and PSAPs (hereinafter, OTHER PSAPs); and WHEREAS, the Parties are entering into this Interlocal Agreement pursuant to section 365.179, Florida Statutes. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN that Miami -Dade County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and the undersigned first responder agencies and their governing bodies, as applicable, in consideration for mutual promises to render valuable aid in times of necessity, do hereby agree to fully and faithfully abide by and be bound by the following terms and conditions: