Res 2019-037/approving an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City and Hays County establishing the Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team

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a. From the Sheriffs Office: Deputies and corresponding rank to be determined by the Sheriff. b. From the Police Department: Officers and corresponding rank to be determined by the Chief of Police. c. The Chief of Police and the Sheriff may change the number and designation of personnel by written agreement signed by the Chief of Police and the Sheriff. The San Marcos Police Chief and the Sheriff of Hays County shall jointly designate one member from the above compliment to serve as the Team Commander. All members assigned to the Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team shall report to and be supervised by the Team Commander who shall report jointly to the Hays County Sheriff and San Marcos Chief of Police or their specified designee. 6. HAYS COUNTY UNMANNED ROBOTICS TEAM SUPERVISION: The day-to-day supervision of the Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team will be the responsibility of the Team Commander. The Hays County Sheriff and the San Marcos Chief of Police shall make supervision, guidance of team operation, decisions on assignment of personnel, expenditures of funds, and all other administrative matters jointly. 7. HAYS COUNTY UNMANNED ROBOTICS TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES: a. The deployment of small Unmanned Robotic Systems by the Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team is expected to assist law enforcement as a force multiplier, provide increased situational awareness, improve cost -operating efficiency, and enhance officer and public safety. Deployments of this technology will be in direct support of critical incidents, crime scene and vehicular accident forensics collection, tactical operations, officer training, direct or indirect Fire Department assistance, disaster response and any other mission requiring unmanned overview within a Defined Incident Perimeter (DIP). b. As with all investigative methods, the unmanned robotics system must be operated consistent with the U.S. Constitution. Accordingly, all Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team personnel shall abide by the Fourth Amendment and protect citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. The unmanned robotics system shall never be used solely for the purpose of monitoring activities protected by the First Amendment or the lawful exercise of other rights secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States except as necessary to protect people who are exercising their constitutional rights. Hays County Unmanned Robotics Team personnel must be trained on, and abide by, all applicable federal, state and local legal standards, including agency guidance applicable to the deployment and use of this technology. Finally, unmanned robotics systems shall only be deployed in connection with properly authorized investigations and emergency response activities and shall only be deployed within the context of existing and applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations, and agency safeguards. 8. FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES:. a. Funds for those expenditures for equipment, supplies, and operation of the Team listed on the attached Exhibit A shall be provided by the respective agencies of each designated officer/deputy to the team.