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<br />JOINT DECLARATION AMENDMENT UNDER <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF <br />AVENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S <br />MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT <br /> <br />This Agreement amends the Joint Declaration under the Mutual Aid Agreement <br />of _ , 20_, to include and permit concurrent marine patrol <br />related jurisdiction between agencies on the waters, waterways, canals, <br />channels, rivers, lakes, streams, and any and all other bodies of waters, including <br />the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) that fall within either jurisdiction at this or any <br />future time during the term of this Mutual Aid Agreement. <br /> <br />It will be agreed between both Chiefs of Police of the City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />and the City of Aventura to the following conditions of concurrent marine patrol <br />related jurisdiction: <br /> <br />1. Both agencies will be permitted to patrol jurisdictional waters of either <br />jurisdiction, and to take enforcement actions as deemed appropriate <br />under city, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations, and to write <br />boating law violation citations, make arrests, and to attend court on be- <br />half of the other agency. <br /> <br />2. Both agencies agree that any and all incidents, which require an initial <br />(preliminary) police offense incident report (OIR), will be completed by <br />the agency making the initial contact. Any follow-up investigations that <br />are required are to be completed by the jurisdiction the incident occurred <br />regardless of which agency completed the original offense incident report. <br /> <br />3. If an arrest is made by one agency that is operating in the jurisdictional <br />waters of the other agency, and that arrest results in asset forfeiture <br />proceedings, both agencies agree to a 50-50 share of the final asset <br />distribution following the payment of all expenses relating to the prose- <br />cution of the civil case. The jurisdiction of civil forfeiture action shall be <br />filed by seizing agency. <br /> <br />4. Both agencies have the right to set their own days and hours for marine <br />patrol and agree to provide assistance and aid to the other agency under <br />the spirit of Mutual Aid Agreement. <br /> <br />This Amendment shall become effective upon the signing of both Chiefs of Police <br />and shall remain in effect until either the current Mutual Aid Agreement and Joint <br />