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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />SHERIFF'S OFFICE <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA DATE: July 6, 2021 <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to Acknowledge the State Plan of Operations <br />between the State of Washington and Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. <br />BACKGROUND: This plan is to set forth the terms and conditions which will be <br />binding on the parties with respect to excess Department of Defense personal property <br />transferred pursuant to 10 USC Section 2576a to promote the efficient and expeditious <br />transfer of property and to ensure accountability of the same. <br />The Secretary of Defense is authorized by 10 USC § 2576a to transfer to Federal and <br />State/Territory Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), personal property that is excess to <br />the needs of the DoD, including small arms and ammunition, that the Secretary <br />determines is suitable to be used by such agencies in law enforcement activities, with <br />preferences for counter-drug/counter-terrorism or border, disaster -related emergency <br />preparedness or border security activities, under such terms prescribed by the Secretary. <br />The Secretary of Defense has delegated authority for management of this program to the <br />DLA. DLA defines law enforcement activities as activities performed by governmental <br />agencies whose primary function is the enforcement of applicable Federal, <br />State/Territory, and local laws and whose compensated law enforcement officers have <br />powers of arrest and apprehension. <br />This program is known as the Law Enforcement Support Program and commonly <br />referred to as the "LESO Program" and is administered by DLA Disposition Services, <br />LESO. This program requires regular Program Compliance Reviews which amount to <br />physical inventory reviews of the items received under the program. This SPO agreement <br />continues until either party provides at least thirty days' notice to the other, in writing, of <br />its intent to terminate. <br />INTERACTION: This agreement was reviewed and approved by the Kittitas County <br />Prosecutor's Office. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Request to Acknowledge the State Plan of Operations <br />between the State of Washington and Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. <br />HANDLING: None. Sheriff's Office to return one fully executed original once signed <br />by the State. <br />LEAD STAFF: Command Staff <br />