ADOPTED - SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

Agenda Item No. 42

Introduced by the Law Enforcement Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ENTERING INTO AN OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR THE CAPITAL AREA SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM

RESOLUTION #05-255

WHEREAS, Ingham County area agencies have formed a team to bring together key resources to help victims of sexual assault; and

WHEREAS, this team is known as the  Capital Area Sexual Assault Response Team known as CaSART which includes forensic nurses, prosecutors, police investigators, professors, students, and advocates; and

WHEREAS, CaSART is an effective intervention method for survivors of sexual assault which organizes interagency multidisciplinary response to CaSART for the benefit of the survivor and the community; and

WHEREAS, many area police agencies, municipalities, and advocate agencies for the victims of sexual assault have signed the operational agreement for the Capital Area Sexual Assault Response Team.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes entering into the operational agreement for the Capital Area Sexual Assault Response Team.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the operational agreement for the Capital Area Sexual Assault Response Team after review by the County Attorney. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT:  Yeas:  De Leon, Nolan, Copedge, Thomas, Vickers

Nays:  None     Absent:  Schafer                    Approved 8/11/05