POLICY & PROCEDURE MANUAL - City of Champaign

(ECIMAS), and has agreed to assist otherlaw enforcement agencies with personneland equipment in times of law enforcementemergencies. Other entities participating inECIMAS are Urbana, Thomasboro,Champaign County, Parkland College,Mahomet, Rantoul, and the University ofIllinois. Any of these agencies may requesttemporary emergency assistance from anyor all other member agencies.1. Illinois law authorizes agencies to assistother jurisdictions upon request (65ILCS 5/1-4-8), and includes provisionsfor:a. The legal status of the Departmentand Department personnelresponding to a mutual aid request.b. Vesting Department personnel withthe legal authority to act within thereceiver agency’s jurisdiction.c. Expenditures, if any, which shouldbe borne by the receiver agency tocompensate for the use of theDepartment’s resources.2. When responding at the request ofanother police agency or whenever anemergency police situation becomesevident in an adjacent or concurrentjurisdiction, (such as traffic accidents,fires, severe weather damage, etc.), itshall be the responsibility of an on-dutyshift supervisor or designee to authorizeand determine the extent of theresponse.a. Upon receipt of a request formutual aid, an on-duty shiftsupervisor shall immediatelydetermine whether the departmenthas the available personnel andequipment necessary to respond toa request for mutual aid.b. Upon release of personnel andequipment, notification will be madeto the Deputy Chief of FieldOperations.c. If a request for mutual aid exceedsthe on-duty resources, the DeputyChief of Field Operations shalldetermine the method of personneland equipment call-up for aresponse.d. The Department can commit aminimum of one officer and onesquad car for a mutual aid request.When requested, additionalmanpower and equipment may besent, if available.e. When called upon to respond to arequest for mutual aid, there will bean acknowledgement to the IllinoisLaw Enforcement Alarm System(I.L.E.A.S.) Central DispatchCenter, and, unless otherwisedirected, the requested manpowerwill be immediately dispatched.3. Responding Champaign officers shallbe directed to a staging area within therequesting jurisdiction and shall adhereto all lawful instructions of therequesting agency, regardless of therank of the responding personnel or theofficer-in-charge of the requestingagency.4. In most situations, communicationsbetween responding police units fromjurisdictions who do not share the samecommon radio frequencies will beaccomplished by using the Illinois StatePolice Emergency Radio Network(I.S.P.E.R.N.).5. If the mutual aid request amounts to aperiod of extended involvement, an ondutyshift supervisor shall initiate actionto contact off-duty personnel tosupplement the shift strength as a resultof on-duty officers assisting the otheragency.B. If mutual aid is required within the City ofChampaign, the request must be authorizedby an on-duty shift supervisor. Generally,the request will be made ECIMAS agencies,and then to the Illinois Law EnforcementAlarm System (I.L.E.A.S.) from the FrontDesk by telephone.1. When an on-duty shift supervisordecides that an incident is beyond theDepartment’s ability to deal witheffectively, he shall:a. Notify METCAD of the need fortemporary emergency assistancefrom local law enforcementagencies.b. Determine the number of officersand/or units needed.c. State the problem or reason for therequest.d. State the staging area where the respondingunits are to report.e. Detail any special equipment that could beused.f. State to who the responding units are toreport.g. If a request is made by the Chief of Policefor I.L.E.A.S. mutual aid, confirm that contactwas made with the ILEAS Central DispatchCenter at phone (847) 590-3500 or (309)494-8000, who will activate the system.Page 2 of 3