07-25-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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B. EMERGENCY 911 DISPATCH SERVICES I. LA PORTE agrees to receive telephone calls and to dispatch radio calls to CITY Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS units. II. LA PORTE further agrees that a dispatcher will be available at the LA PORTE Police Department to render this service twenty-four (24) hours a day for the duration of this agreement. III. CITY agrees to pay LA PORTE for 911 emergency dispatch services in the amount and manner hereinabove specified. C. JAIL I. LA PORTE agrees to allow CITY to temporarily confine persons arrested by CITY' S law enforcement officers in the LA PORTE City Jail until such time as they can be properly released or conveniently moved by the proper authorities to the Harris County Jail or other facility, as the case may be. II. CITY agrees to keep certifications current of all law enforcement officers, required by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement standards and education or other appropriate regulatory authority having jurisdiction, and shall provide copies of same to LA PORTE, if so requested. III. CITY will be solely responsible for all medical care for, and all transportation of arrestees brought to and/or being taken from the LA PORTE jail. In addition, CITY shall be solely responsible for the security of the arrestee during said transportation.