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R-24-01 <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />BETWEEN PORTSMOUTH AND CHESAPEAKE, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND <br />VIRGINIA BEACH FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH <br />INTEROPERABILITY PROJECT. <br />WHEREAS, traditionally the Southside locality public safety teams have relied on radio <br />channels or telephones to request mutual aid from one another; and <br />WHEREAS, the use of radio channels and telephones is time-consuming and inefficient; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the localities have worked together to develop a new method of <br />communication utilizing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD); and <br />WHEREAS, CAD to CAD communication will share real-time data with all of the <br />Southside localities to allow for quick, efficient mutual aid in responding to emergency calls <br />where time is critical to success; and <br />WHEREAS, the localities have jointly developed a Hampton Roads Computer Aided <br />Dispatch Interoperability Project (HRCIP) Memorandum of Understanding; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that: <br />I. The Hampton Roads Computer Aided Dispatch Interoperability Project (HRCIP) <br />Memorandum of Understanding in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A is <br />approved. <br />2. The City Manager is authorized to execute the said Memorandum of <br />Understanding on behalf of the City of Portsmouth and the City Manager and her designees are <br />authorized to take all actions deemed necessary or desirable to implement CAD to CAD <br />communication in accordance with the MOU. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on <br />January 23, 2024. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />