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JOINT DECLARATION OF THE CHIEF OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT A deputy sheriff or police officer of either of the participating law enfor('~ment agencies shall be considered to be operating under the provisions of the mutual aid agreement when: participating in law enforcement activities that are pre-planned and approved by each respective agency head, or participating in law enforcement activity that falls under the County-Wide Mutual Aid Agreement, or appropriately dispatched in response to a request for assistance from the other law enforcement agency. Communications instructions will be included in each request for mutual aid and the Metro-Dade Police Department Communications Bureau will maintain radio contact with the involved agencies until the mutual aid situation has ended. In the absence of such instructions, communications will be conducted on a mutually agreed upon police radio frequency, if not through Metro-Dade Communications Bureau. In compliance with, and under the authority of, the Mutual Aid Agreement, hereto entered into by the City of Miami Beach, Florida and the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, it is hereby declared that the following list comprises the circumstances and conditions under which mutual aid may be requested and rendered regarding police operations pursuant to the agreement. Said list may be amended or supplemented from time to time, as needs dictate by subsequent declarations. 1. Joint multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations 2. Civil affray or disobedience, disturbances, riots, large protest demonstrations, controversial trails, political conventions, labor disputes and strikes. 3. Any natural disaster 4. Incidents which require rescue operations and crowd and traffic control measures, including, but not limiting to, large-scale evacuations, aircraft and shipping disasters, fires, explosions, gas line leaks, radiological incidents, train wrecks and derailments, chemical or hazardous waste spills, and electrical power failures. 5. Terrorist activities including, but not limited to, acts of sabotage. 6. Escapes from or disturbance within detention facilities. 7. Hostage and barricaded subject situations, and aircraft piracy. 8. Control of major crime scenes, area searches, perimeter control, backups to emergency and in- progress calls, pursuits, coordinated off-duty work, and missing persons calls. 9. Participating 'in exigent situations without a formal request which are spontaneous occurrences such as area searches for wanted subjects, perimeters, crimes in progress, escaped prisoners.