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AGREEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES This is an Agreement between the County of Ramsey (hereinafter referred to as the "COUNTY "), and the City of Little Canada (hereinafter referred to as the "MUNICIPALITY "), to provide law enforcement services to the MUNICIPALITY for the period commencing January 1, 1996. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the COUNTY has contracted to provide law enforcement services to the cities of Arden Hills, Gem Lake, Little Canada, North Oaks, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Township (hereinafter referred to as the "MUNICIPALITIES "), and it would be advantageous to the MUNICIPALITY to also contract with the COUNTY for similar law enforcement services, thereby allowing for the allocation of overhead and other administrative costs over a larger population; and WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement are desirous of contracting for the performance by the COUNTY of the hereinafter described law enforcement functions for and within the political boundaries of the MUNICIPALITY through the Ramsey County Sheriff; and WHEREAS, the COUNTY is agreeable to rendering such services on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS, such contracts are authorized and provided for by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Sections 471.59 and 436.05, and Laws 1959, Chapter 372. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF the mutual undertakings set forth herein, the COUNTY and the MUNICIPALITY agree as follows: I. SCOPE OF SERVICES 1. The COUNTY agrees, through the Sheriff of the County of Ramsey, to provide patrol and police protection within the political boundaries of MUNICIPALITY to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. Except as otherwise hereinafter specifically set forth, such services shall only encompass duties and functions of the type coming within the jurisdiction of and customarily rendered by the Sheriff of the County of Ramsey under state statutes. Page 67