HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/4/1996 - Adopted Board RecordsAT A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE ROANOKE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL HELD AT THE
HOTEL ROANOKE AND CONFERENCE CENTER
ON MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1996
RESOLUTION 030496-1 AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, TO ENTER INTO AND
EXECUTE AN AMENDED EXTRATERRITORIAL ARREST POWERS
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
WHEREAS, in October, 1985, the County of Roanoke and the City
of Roanoke entered into an extraterritorial agreement which granted
arrest powers to the County Sheriff's deputies and the City's
police officers for certain traffic related offenses;
WHEREAS, in April, 1991, an amended extraterritorial agreement
was executed by the County and City to reflect the establishment of
the Roanoke County Police Department and certain technical
amendments to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Code; and
WHEREAS, the success of these original agreements in providing
enhanced law enforcement coverage for both jurisdictions has
prompted negotiations to expand the arrest powers of officers in
either jurisdiction to any violation of state law and to extend
that authority to off-duty officers, except those engaging in off-
duty, secondary police related employment outside their normal
jurisdictions, as a concrete example of governmental cooperation.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Roanoke, Virginia, as follows:
1. The members of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Roanoke, Virginia and the County Administrator are hereby
authorized, by and on behalf of the County of Roanoke, to enter
into and execute an Extraterritorial Arrest Agreement between the
County of Roanoke and the City of Roanoke, Virginia, to be dated
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March 4, 1996, a copy of which is attached to the report of the
County Attorney, dated March 4, 1996, providing that an officer of
the Roanoke County Police Department while in the City of Roanoke,
or an officer of the Roanoke City Police Department while in the
County of Roanoke, excepting the Town of Vinton, shall possess
extraterritorial arrest powers for all state law violations
committed in the presence of any such officer while on duty or off
duty, excluding secondary police related employment, and upon such
other terms and conditions as provided for therein.
2. This resolution shall be in effect from and after its
enactment.
On motion of Supervisor Johnson to adopt the resolution, and
carried by the following recorded vote:
AYES: Supervisors Eddy, Minnix, Harrison, Nickens, Johnson
NAYS: None
A COPY TESTE:
Mary H. Allen, Clerk
cc: File Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
Paul M. Mahoney, County Attorney
John Cease, Chief of Police
Mary F. Parker, Clerk, Roanoke City Council
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