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January 23, 2024 Background:  The Southside cities of Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach have developed a way of communicating with each other via Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) when responding to emergency calls for service.  Currently, mutual/automatic aid is requested through agency radio channels or by phone. This process is time consuming and is not automatic. The new CAD to CAD project will share real-time data with all Southside partners to provide quick, efficient responses to calls for emergencies where time is critical to success. Discussion:  This system will allow for automatic aid calls for service to be immediate dispatched from other cities such as Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.  The system allows for communication between other 911 agencies in Hampton Roads in the event of a phone or technology failure. If a locality loses 911 capabilities, 911 calls can be redirected to another 911 center to dispatch incidents. Financial Impact:  None. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the resolution. Next Steps Following Council Action:  The City Manager will execute the Memorandum of Understanding. Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Tillage, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: “RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PORTSMOUTH AND CHESAPEAKE, NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND VIRGINIA BEACH FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH INTEROPERABILITY PROJECT. WHEREAS, traditionally the Southside locality public safety teams have relied on radio channels or telephones to request mutual aid from one another; and WHEREAS, the use of radio channels and telephones is time-consuming and inefficient; and WHEREAS, the localities have worked together to develop a new method of communication utilizing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD); and WHEREAS, CAD to CAD communication will share real-time data with all of the Southside localities to allow for quick, efficient mutual aid in responding to emergency calls where time is critical to success; and WHEREAS, the localities have jointly developed a Hampton Roads Computer Aided Dispatch Interoperability Project (HRCIP) Memorandum of Understanding; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that: 1. The Hampton Roads Computer Aided Dispatch Interoperability Project (HRCIP) Memorandum of Understanding in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A is approved. 2. The City Manager is authorized to execute the said Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the City of Portsmouth and the City Manager and her designees are authorized to take all actions deemed necessary or desirable to implement CAD to CAD communication in accordance with the MOU.”