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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KITTITAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND YAKIMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this I" day of , 2022, by and between the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and the Yakima County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW. I. PURPOSE The purpose of this agreement is to provide for Mutual Aid Law Enforcement assistance pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10.93 RCW for incidents of any nature that require law enforcement response and also require more law enforcement resources of all types (including but not limited to personnel) than are available to the agency with primary territorial jurisdiction as defined in RCW 10.93.020. This includes, but it not limited to, incidents such as wildfires or any other emergent or unusually dangerous circumstance requiring such resources. The agency providing assistance to the agency with primary jurisdiction shall be referred to as the assisting agency. II. SERVICES The parties agree that the services to be provided may be any type of law enforcement service or other action including but not limited to search and rescue and other emergency management related services that are within the capability of the assisting agency when in the judgment of the authorized personnel of the agency with primary territorial jurisdiction such assistance is required. The agency with primary territorial jurisdiction may reimburse the costs incurred by the assisting agency, including meals for personnel assigned to assist the primacy agency within available resources. Supervisors or other designated personnel from the two agencies shall agree to the resources to be provided by the assisting agency for each incident, subject in the case of each agency to the final judgment of the Sheriff or his designee. The parties agree that the primary goal of such responses is the preservation of life, order, and property consistent with the practices and resources of the parties. The assisting agency shall not be mandated to devote time or resources to any event but will provide what assistance is reasonably available. It is understood and agreed by the parties that evolving facts and circumstances pertaining to any given call for service or assistance may require changing the nature of the agreed response and resources allocated. Nothing in this agreement will obligate the assisting agency to provide any specific level or time period of assistance to the detriment of its other obligations.