CONTRACT 6717 Memorandum of UnderstandingAgreement No. 6717
Memorandum of Understanding
Among the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
And the Southern California Regional State, County and Municipal Agencies
For an Information Sharing Initiative known as the
Southern California Law Enforcement Information Exchange (SoCal LInX)
A. PURPOSE.
1. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service and the Signatory Federal, State, County and Municipal law
enforcement agencies participating in a federally sponsored information sharing
initiative for operation of a regional warehouse of databases, known as the
Southern California Law Enforcement Information Exchange (SoCal LInX). The
purpose of this MOU is to set forth the policy and procedures for the use of the
SoCal LInX by the participating parties, including the ownership and control of the
information within the system, which will be contributed by each party for use by
the SoCal LInX and the participating agencies.
2. The driving impetus for this initiative and MOU is to further the wars against
crime and terrorism in the wake of the September IIth terrorist attacks against the
United States. This includes: identifying and locating criminals, terrorists and their
supporters; identifying, assessing, and responding to crime and terrorist risks and
threats; and otherwise preventing, detecting, and prosecuting criminal and terrorist
activities. To achieve these ends, it is essential that all Federal, State, County and
Municipal law enforcement agencies cooperate in efforts to share pertinent
information. The SoCal LInX will integrate relevant records of the parties within a
single warehouse of databases, effectively providing each participating agency with
a single source for regional law enforcement information.
3. The SoCal LInX will be available for use by all participating law enforcement
agencies in furtherance of authorized law enforcement activities, as well as the
prevention and detection of terrorist risks and threats. Utilizing the SoCal LInX
capabilities will significantly advance public safety and security, and will enhance
the protection of this Nation's critical national assets and resources in the greater
Southern Califomia region of the State of California.
B. PARTICIPANTS.
1. The authorized participants of the SoCal LInX are those law enforcement
agencies whose representatives have subscribed to this Memorandum of
Understanding affirming adherence to the plan and principles set forth herein.
2. The parties to this MOU are:
A. The Orange County Sheriff's Department;
B. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department;
C. The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department
D. The Ventura County Sheriffs Department
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E. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service;
3. The above parties agree that any Southern California Joint Terrorism Task Force
(JTTF) will be permitted access to the SoCal LInX upon their proper written request.
4. The parties agree that maximum participation and contribution of all legally
sharable information by all eligible law enforcement agencies will strengthen the
purposes of this MOU. Accordingly, the parties anticipate and desire that other
eligible agencies will join this MOU in the future. An eligible agency must apply for
and be approved by the SoCal LInX Governance Board to become a joining agency.
The Governance Board will consist of the heads of all of the participating agencies,
as described further herein. The Governance Board shall establish criteria for
eligibility to join such as, but not limited to: full security compliance, data
availability and accountability, technical capability, and operational history. A
joining agency once approved by the Governance Board and a signatory hereto,
shall also be considered a party and shall have the same rights, privileges,
obligations, and responsibilities as the original parties.
C. POINTS OF CONTACT. Each party shall designate an individual as the patty's
point of contact (POC) for representing that party in regard to the MOU. A party
may change its POC at any time upon providing written notification thereof to the
Governance Board.
D. AUTHORITY.
1. Authority for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to participate in SoCal
LInX includes Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 4000.19 dated 9 August
1995, Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5505.3 dated June 21, 2002, and
SECNAVINST 5430.107 dated December 28, 2005. .
2. Authority for California State, County, and Municipal law enforcement agencies
to enter into this MOU includes California Penal Code sections 11105 and 13300 and
California Government Code sections 26600, 26602 and 41601.
E. MISSION /0B3ECTIVES. This initiative seeks to capture the cumulative
knowledge of regional law enforcement agencies in a systematic and ongoing
manner to maximize the benefits of information gathering and analysis to prevent
and respond to the increased criminal and terrorist threats; to support preventive,
investigative and enforcement activities; and to enhance public safety and force
protection for the Department of Defense and the Nation's critical infrastructure in
the Greater Southern California Region. The specific objectives of the SoCal LInX
are to:
1. Integrate regional law enforcement, criminal justice and investigative data from
participating agencies in near real time within one warehouse of databases that will
be accessible by all participating agencies.
2. Dramatically reduce the time spent by participating agency operational,
investigative and analytical personnel in search and retrieval of relevant data by
providing query and analytical tools.
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3. Provide the means for the participating agencies to develop analytical products
to support law enforcement violent crime and counterterrorism operational and
investigative activities.
4. Provide an enhanced means for the participating agencies to produce strategic
analytical products to assist administrative decision -making processes for area law
enforcement executives.
F. CONCEPT.
1. The SoCal LInX is a cooperative partnership of Federal, State, County, and
Municipal law enforcement agencies, in which each agency is participating under its
own individual legal status, jurisdiction, and authorities, and all SoCal LInX
operations will be based upon the legal status, jurisdiction, and authorities of the
individual participants. The SoCal LInX is not intended to, and shall not, be deemed
to have independent legal status.
2. The SoCal LInX will become a central, electronic repository of derivative Federal,
State, County, and Municipal law enforcement and investigative data, with each
party providing for use of the other parties copies of information from its own
records which may be pertinent to the SoCal LInX mission. Once the warehouse of
databases is populated and properly structured, the system will function with
querying and analytical tools in support of operational law enforcement activities,
criminal investigations, counter terrorism, and for the development of reports by
the participating agencies for the use of their executive decision makers.
3. SoCal LInX functionality will not have access to or contain commercially
available references, public source information, and applications such as
commercial directories, or other third party commercial databases or external
applications.
4. The SoCal LInX warehouse of databases will be resident on servers located in
the secure U.S. Drug Enforcement administration (DEA) Los Angeles Field Office --
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) data management facility in Los
Angeles, California, and will contain "Sensitive But Unclassified" (SBU) information
from the records systems of the MOU parties.
5. All parties to this MOU contributing data to the SoCal LInX will have equal
access to the SoCal LInX functionality via secure Internet connections for read,
analytical and lead purposes only.
G. OWNERSHIP, ENTRY, AND MAINTENANCE OF INFORMATION.
1. Each party retains sole ownership of, exclusive control over content and sole
responsibility for all of the information it contributes, and may at will at any time
update or correct any of its information in SoCal LInX, or delete it from the SoCal
LInX entirely. All system entries will be clearly marked to identify the contributing
pa rty.
2. Just as each party retains sole ownership and control of the information it
contributes, so does a party retain sole ownership and control of the copies of that
information replicated in the SoCal LInX.
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3. The contributing party has the sole responsibility and accountability for ensuring
that no information is entered into SoCal LInX that was obtained in violation of any
Federal, State, County or Municipal law applicable to the contributor.
4. The contributing party has the sole responsibility and accountability for ensuring
compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable
to the party's entry and sharing of information into the SoCal LInX.
5. The contributing party has the sole responsibility and accountability for making
reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy upon entry, and continuing accuracy
thereafter, of information contributed. Each party will notify the contributing party
and the Governance Board of any challenge to the accuracy of the contributing
party's information.
6. Because information housed by SoCal LInX will be limited to duplicates of
information obtained and separately managed by the entering party within its own
record system(s), and for which the contributing party is solely responsible and
accountable, information submitted by the participating parties shall not be altered
or changed in any way, except by the contributing party. The contributing party
should not make any changes to the data in the SoCal LInX warehouse that is not
mirrored within the contributing party's source records.
7. The SoCal LInX will thus only be populated with mirrored information derived
from each contributing party's "own legally maintained records," and is not in any
manner intended to be an official repository of original records, or to be used as a
substitute for one, nor is the information in the system to be accorded any
independent record system status. Rather, this electronic system is merely a
means to provide timely access for the law enforcement parties to information that
replicates existing files/records systems. SoCal LInX is not the owner of any of the
records contained in the SoCal LInX warehouse of databases.
8. To the extent that any newly discovered links, matches, relationships,
interpretations, etc., located through the analysis of SoCal LInX information may be
relevant and appropriate for preservation as independent records, it will be the
responsibility of the accessing party to incorporate such information as records of
the accessing party in the party's own official records system(s) in accordance with
that party's records management processes (subject to obtaining any contributing
party"s consent as provided below). A party that desires to incorporate in its own
separate records information contributed by another party, including any analytical
products based on another party's information, must first obtain the entering
party's express permission.
9. Commercially available software applications, such as mapping applications and
analytical applications, are considered to be non -record material and will be
maintained in accordance with applicable contracts and/or licensing agreements.
To the extent that any such information is relevant and appropriate for preservation
as independent records, it will be the responsibility of the accessing party to
incorporate such information as records of the accessing party in the party"s own
official records system(s) in accordance with that party's records management
processes and any applicable contract or licensing agreement.
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10. Each agency has agreed to submit legally sharable law enforcement, criminal
justice and investigative types of records, reports, and information into the SoCal
LInX warehouse of databases.
11. There is no obligation and there should be no assumption that a particular
party's records housed in the SoCal LInX database warehouse represent the totality
of all records of that parry's records system for any subject or person.
H. ACCESS TO AND USE OF INFORMATION.
1. Each party will contribute all legally sharable information to the SoCal LInX and
agrees to permit the access, dissemination, and/or use of such information by
every other party under the provisions of this MOU (and any other applicable
agreements that may be established for the SoCal LInX). The contributing party
has the sole responsibility and accountability for ensuring that it is not constrained
from permitting this by any laws, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to
the submitting party.
2. Agencies that do not provide data for inclusion in the SoCal LInX are not eligible
to be parties without express, written approval of the SoCal LInX Governance
Board. Only duly constituted law enforcement agencies of a Federal, State, County,
Municipal or Special jurisdiction may become a party of the SoCal LInX.
3. All parties will have access via a secure Internet connection to all the
information in the SoCal LInX, as provided in this MOU and any other applicable
agreements that may be established for the SoCal LInX; and each agency is
responsible for providing its own Internet connectivity.
4. An accessing party has the sole responsibility and accountability for ensuring
that all access comports with any laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
applicable to the accessing party.
5. A party may only access the SoCal LInX when it has a legitimate, official need to
know and right to know the information for an authorized law enforcement, counter
terrorism, public safety, and/or national security purpose, after receiving training
appropriate to this MOU.
6. An accessing party may use information for official matters only. The system
can not be used for general licensing and employment purposes, background
investigations of Federal, State, County or Municipal employees, or any other non -
law enforcement purpose.
7. Information in the system, including any analytical products, may not be used
for any unauthorized or nonofficial purpose and shall not be disseminated outside
of an accessing party without first obtaining express permission of each party that
contributed the information in question. Specifically included within this prohibition
is the direct use of any SoCal LInX information in the preparation of any judicial
process such as affidavits, warrants, subpoenas, etc.
8. Notwithstanding the requirement in the previous provision that information may
not be disseminated without first obtaining express permission of each party that
contributed the information in question, in accordance with and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, required court process, or guidelines issued jointly by
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the Attorney General of the United States and the Director of Central Intelligence,
immediate dissemination of information can be made if a determination is made by
the recipient of the information:
(a) that the matter involves an actual or potential threat of terrorism,
immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person, or
imminent harm to the national security; and
(b) requires dissemination without delay to any appropriate Federal, state,
local, or foreign government official for the purpose of preventing or
responding to such a threat.
The owner of the information shall be immediately notified of any and all
disseminations made under this exception.
9. Any requests for reports or data in SoCal LInX records from anyone other than a
party to this MOU will be directed to the contributing party.
10. Agencies other than any exception noted in paragraph B.2 above who are not
part of this MOU will not have direct access to SoCal LInX. Requests by such
agencies for copies of information contained in SoCal LInX must be referred to the
individual SoCal LInX party that owns or originated the information.
11. The information in the SoCal LInX shall not be used to establish or verify the
eligibility of, or continuing compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
by applicants for, recipients or beneficiaries of, participants in, or providers of
services with respect to, cash or in -kind assistance or payments under the Federal
or State benefit programs, or to recoup payments or delinquent debts under such
Federal or State benefit programs.
12. The SoCal LInX will include an audit capability that will log all user activity.
Each agency will designate a point of contact who shall have access to that member
agency's portion of the audit log. However, the audit log aggregate is not a record
of information wholly controlled by any one member agency and no single member
agency may disclose the content of the entire log. Any requests for copies of the
entire audit log will be forwarded to each member agency for direct response to
that member agency's portion of the audit log.
I. DISCOSURE OF THIRD -PARTY INFORMATION.
1. When addressing any request for the disclosure of third -party information where
that information was obtained as a result of a query(s) made through the SoCal
LInX system, the participating members shall comply with the following policy:
(a) In all cases, for providers of any third -party information held in another
SoCal LInX member's files, the provider retains proprietary ownership of
the information other than as provided by specific law.
(b) As established in Sections G and H of this SoCal LInX MOU (and any other
applicable operating procedures that may be established for the SoCal
LInX), information acquired through the SoCal LInX system by any
member and all members, shall be considered "sensitive law enforcement
information," the nondisclosure of which is essential to law enforcement
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for the protection of ongoing Investigations and persons' rights to privacy.
Therefore, in all cases, the member with proprietary interest will be
immediately notified of a request for sharing or disclosure of that
information from any agencies or parties outside of participating members
in the SoCal L.InX system. The member with proprietary interest is then
free to withhold or share the information, notwithstanding the initial
presumption of its "sensitive law enforcement information" status by
another member.
(c) All members agree to assist and cooperate with any other member or
members in protecting information from harmful disclosure to the fullest
extent of the law.
(d) It is rbt the intenion of this agr Bement to circumvent or obstructexisting
opengovern mentand/or public information disclosure laws. Nor J there
any intent to interfere with or ob struct lawful discovery. lather itis
intended to ensure the protection of sensitive law enforcement
information, information that has been designated as part of an active
and ongoing investigative effort by any member, and other information as
protected by applicable Federal, State, County or Municipal privacy laws.
J SECURITY.
1. Each party will be responsible for designating those employees who have access
to the SoCal L1nX. This system has been developed with the capability to record
each use of the system, including the identity of the individual accessing the
system, and the time of the access to the system, and the information queried.
The system was developed with security in mind. It should be remembered by
each participating member that access to the information within the system should
be on a strictly official, need -to -know basis, and that all information is law
enforcement sensitive.
2. Each party agrees to use the same degree of care in protecting information
accessed under this MOU as it exercises with respect to its own sensitive
information. Each party agrees to restrict access to such information to only those
of its (and its governmental superiors) officers, employees, detallees, agents,
representatives, task force members, contr actors/sublbntractors, consultants, or
adv ors with an offici at "need to know""such information
3. Each party is responsible for training those employees authorized to access the
SoCal L.InX system regarding the use and dissemination of any information obtained
from the system. Specifically, employees should be given a clear understanding of
the need to verify the reliability of the information with the contributing party
before using the information for purposes such as preparing affidavits, or obtaining
subpoenas and warrants etc. Parties should also fully brief accessing employees
about the proscriptions for using third party information as described in Section H
herein.
K. PROPERTY.
1. Any equipment purchased by NCIS for or on behalf of the Federal Government
to support this effort will remain the property of the Federal Government. After
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expiration of any warranties, NCIS or the appropriate Federal Government
representative and the Southern California SoCal LInX Governance Board will
determine the responsibility for the maintenance of the servers and software.
2. Ownership of all property purchased by any parties other than NCIS will remain
the property of the purchasing party. Each party accessing the SoCal LInX from the
prty's facility shall provide its own computer stations for its designated employees
to have use of and access to the SoCal LInX. The accessing party is responsible for
configuring its computers to conform to the access requirements. Maintenance of
the equipment purchased by the accessing party shall be the responsibility of that
party.
L. COSTS.
1. Unless otherwise provided herein or in a supplementary writing, each party shall
bear its own costs in relation to this MOU. Even where a party has agreed (or later
does agree) to assume a particular financial responsibility, the party's express
written approval must be obtained before the incurring by another party of each
expense associated with the responsibility. All obligations of and expenditures by
the parties will be subject to their respective budgetary and fiscal processes and
subject to availability of funds pursuant to all laws, regulations, and policies
applicable thereto. The parties acknowledge that there is no intimation, promise, or
guarantee that funds will be available in future years.
M. LIABILITY.
1. The SoCal LInX is not a separate legal entity capable of maintaining an
employer -employee relationship and, as such, all personnel assigned by a party to
perform SoCal LInX related functions shall not be considered employees of the
SoCal LInX or of any other party for any purpose. The assigning party thus remains
solely responsible for supervision, work schedules, performance appraisals,
compensation, overtime, vacations, retirement, expenses, disability, and all other
employment -related benefits incident to assignment of its personnel to SoCal LInX
functions.
2. Unless specifically addressed by the terms of this MOU (or other written
agreement), the parties acknowledge responsibility for the negligent or wrongful
acts or omissions of their respective officers and employees, but only to the extent
they would be liable under the laws of the jurisdiction(s) to which they are subject.
N. GOVERNANCE.
1. The parties recognize that the success of this project requires close cooperation
on the part of all parties. To this end, the SoCal LInX will be operated under a
shared management concept in which the parties will be involved in formulating
operating policies and procedures. The Southern California LInX Governance Board
will consist of the head (or authorized designee) of each participating law
enforcement agency. The parties agree to comply with all future policies and
procedures related to the SoCal LInX Program developed by this Governance Board.
2. Each member of the Governance Board shall have an equal vote and voice on all
LInX Board decisions. Unless otherwise provided, Roberts Revised Rules of Order
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shall govern all procedural matters relating to the business of the Governance
Board,
3. A chairperson (or co -chairpersons) shall be elected by its members, together
with such other officers as a majority of the Board may determine necessary. The
chairperson(s), or any board member, may call sessions as necessary. For a
meeting to occur a minimum of 51% of the membership must be present and a
simple majority of those present shall be required for passage of any policy
matters. A tle vote does not pass the matter. In emergency situations, the
presiding officer may conduct a telephone or email poll of Board members to
resolve any issues. The Board may also establish any needed committees such as
executive, technical, user, and legal committees to provide advice on matters
related to the SoCal LInX Program.
4. Disagreements among the parties arising under or relating to this MOU shall be
resolved only via consultation at the lowest practicable level by and between the
affected parties and their sponsoring agencies (or as otherwise may be provided
under any separate governance procedures), and will not be referred to any court,
or to any other person or entity for settlement. All unresolved matters will go
before the Governance Board.
S. The Governance Board may establish additional procedures and rules for the
governance of SoCal LInX, and in furtherance thereof may enter into one or more
separate formal or informal agreements, provided that any such agreement does
not conflict with the spirit, intent, or provisions of this MOU, and is sufficiently
memorialized to meet the business purposes of SoCal LInX governance (including
adequately informing current and future parties). Such governance agreement(s)
may, for instance, address: organizational structure and control; executive
management and administration; delegation of authority; standard operating
policies, procedures, rules, and practices; meetings, quorums, and voting
procedures; audits; and sanctions (including involuntary termination of a party's
participation in this MOU and the SoCal LInX Program).
O. NO RIGHTS IN NON-PARTIES.
1. This MOU is an agreement among the parties and is not intended, and should
not be construed', to create or confer on any other person or entity any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or otherwise against the
NCIS, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, the United States,
a party, or any State, County, Municipality, or other sponsor under whose auspices
a party is participating in the SoCal LInX; or the officers, directors, employees,
detailees, agents, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, consultants,
advisors, successors, assigns or other agencies thereof.
P. EFFECTIVE DATE / DURATION / MODIFICATION / TERMINATION.
1. As among the original parties, this MOU shall become effective when the duly
authorized representatives) of each party have all signed it. For parties who
subsequently join, this MOU shall become effective when Appendix A has been
completed and signed by the joining party's duly authorized representative and
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countersigned by the representatives of the SoCal LInX authorized to do so under
SoCal LInX Governance procedures applicable at the time of joining.
2. This MOU shall continue in force indefinitely for so long as it continues to
advance the participants' mission purposes, contingent upon approval and
availability of necessary funding.
3. This MOU may be modified upon the mutual written consent of the duly
authorized representatives of all parties. However, the parties may, without the
need of formal MOU modification, cooperatively address and resolve administrative,
technical, and operational details relating to this MOU, provided that any such
resolution does not conflict with the spirit, intent, or provisions of this MOU; could
not reasonably be viewed as particularly sensitive, controversial, or objectionable
by one or more parties; and is sufficiently memorialized to meet the business
purposes of SoCal LInX Governance (including adequately Informing current and
future parties).
4. This MOU may be terminated at any time by the mutual written agreement of
the duly authorized representatives of all parties. A party's duly authorized
representative may also terminate the party's participation in the MOU upon written
notice to all other parties of not less than thirty (30) days. A party's participation
may also be terminated involuntarily as may be provided in the applicable
governance agreement.
5. Upon termination of this MOU, all property being used under its purview will be
returned to the respective supplying party. Similarly, if an individual party's
participation in this MOU is terminated, the parry will return any property to
supplying parties, and the remaining patties will return any property supplied by
the withdrawing party.
6. All information contributed to the SoCal LInX by a terminating party will be
deleted from SoCal LInX.
7. As to information contained in the SoCal LInX during a party's participation
under this MOU, the rights, obligations, responsibilities, limitations, and other
understandings with respect to the disclosure and use of such information shall
survive any termination. This applies both to a terminating party's information, and
to the other parties' disclosure and use of a terminating party's information.
Q. APPENDICES,
A. Form for new agencies to join MOU (and copies of executed forms for
each new agency which has so joined);
B. Governance Provisions included as Addenda to this MOU (added at the
discretion of the Board);
C. Security Policy (added at the discretion of the Board).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF parties have individually executed this MOU by the
signatures of the duly ized representative of each participating agency below,
and incorporated he in a part of this MOU.
Signature: Date: L� + 17 -06
Name: Anderson
Title: Assistant Sheriff of Operations, Acting Sheriff
Agency: Orange County Sheriffs Department
For NCIS:
Signature: Date: - v
Name: Mi l RDomey
-
Title: Assistant Director
Agency: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have individually executed this MOU by the
signatures of the duly authorized representative of each participating agency below,
and incorporated herein as part of this MOU.
Signature: Gate:
Name:
Title:
Agency;
For NCIS:
Signature:
Name:
Title:
v.LJ
Agency: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have individually executed this MOU by the
signatures of the duly authorized representative of each participating agency below,
and incorporated herein as part of this MOU.
Signature: Date:.
Name: awl� ,yea �.
Title: _ kr7
Agency: I RID 1ND
For NCIS:
Signature: Date:
Name: Micliaael R. Dorsey
Title: Assistant Director
Agency: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have individually executed this MOU by the
signatures of the duly authorized representative of each participating agency below,
and incorporateDate,
.
d herein as part f this MOU.
Signature.
Name;
Title:
Agency;
For NCIS:
Signature
Name:
Title:
Agency:
Date: `»c
MI ael R Dorsey
Assistant Dire or 0
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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ADDENDUM — Southern California (SoCal) LInX Memorandum of
Understanding
PURPOSE: This addendum recognizes the name change of the LInX region
from the Southern California Law Enforcement Information Exchange (SoCal
LInX) to the Southwest Law Enforcement Information Exchange (SW LInX).
All references to "Southern California Law Enforcement Information
Exchange (SoCal LInX)" are hereby replaced with "Southwest Law
Enforcement Information Exchange (SW LInX)" throughout the
Memorandum of Understanding and the appendices thereto.
The SoCal LInX information sharing initiative was initiated by agreement
between the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Orange County
Sheriff, Riverside County Sheriff, San Bernardino County Sheriff and Ventura
Sheriff in 2008. Since that time; over 112 law enforcement agencies from
throughout California and Arizona have joined the initiative. In April 2018,
the then SoCal LInX Board of Governance, recognizing that the name no
longer described the system, voted to change the name to the SW LInX.
COSTS: NCIS will bear any costs associated with the technical aspects of the
name change.
EFFECTIVE DATE/DURATION/TERMINATION: This addendum shall
take effect when signe&b,y,the. Chairs of the Board of Governance.
FOR THE SoCal/SW LInX:
Chairperson:
Signature: .Date:._,
Name: Sandra Hutchens
Title and Agency: Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff's Office
Co -Chairperson:
Signature:
Name: Sergio G. Diaz
Title and Agency: Chief, Riverside Police Department
Date: ie•Lz-(r
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APPENDIX A — Southwest LInX Memorandum of Understanding
PURPOSE: This document effects the joining by the:
El Segundo Police Department
in the Memorandum of Understanding among the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service and participating Federal, State, County and Municipal
agencies for an information sharing initiative known as the Southwest Law
Enforcement Information Exchange (SW LInX).
AUTHORITY: Authority for the Joining Party to enter into this MOU
includes:
Chief of Police
AGREEMENT: The Joining Party agrees to abide by all provisions and
assume all obligations and responsibilities of the MOU, including any formal
changes and any administrative, technical, and operational resolutions in
effect at the time of execution (as to which the Joining Party acknowledges
being provided copies or other adequate notice). In return, the Joining Party
shall also be considered a party and shall have the same rights and
privileges as the original parties.
The Joining Party, as participant in SW LInX also agrees to share legally
sharable law enforcement information with the participants in the FBI's
National Data Exchange (N-DEx). Circle one: YES NO
POINT OF CONTACT: The Joining Party's POC is:
Name and Title: Michael Sistoni, Police Lieutenant
Office Phone: 310-524-2254 Cell: 562-857-8883 Fax: 310-640-7683
Address: 348 Main Street El Segundo, CA 90Z45
Email/Other: msistoni@eisegundo.org
COSTS: Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Joining Party shall bear its
own costs in relation to the MOU.
EFFECTIVE DATE/DURATION/TERMINATION: This document shall take
effect when completed and signed by the Joining Party"s duly authorized
representative and countersigned by the representative(s) of the SW LInX
authorizedto do so under SW LInX Governance procedures applicable at
APPENDIX A — Southwest LInX Memorandum of Understanding
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the time of joining. Thereafter, duration and termination of the Joining
Party's participation in the MOU shall be as provided in the MOU.
Title and Agency:
ATTEST:
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Tracy Weaver,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARK D. HENSLEY, CITY ATTORNEY
Joaqui Va%quez,
Assist nt City Attorney
FOR THE Southwest LInX:
Chairperson:
Signature: Date:
Don Barnes
Sheriff -Coroner, Orange County Sheriff's Department
Co -Chairperson
Signature: Date:
Larry Gonzalez
Chief of Police, Riverside Police Department
Southwest LInX MOU 2 7/27/2023