CONTRACT 6898 Memorandum of UnderstandingAgreement No. 6898
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between the
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and the (City of El Segundo — Police Department)
For Use of the
JERRY CROWE REGIONAL TACTICAL TRAINING FACILITY
PARTIES
A. This Use Agreement is entered into by and between the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) and the (City of El Segundo — Police Department).
AUTHORITIES
A. Authority for the FBI to enter into this agreement can be found at 28 U.S.C.
§ 533; 34 U.S.C. § 10211; and 28 C.F.R. § 0.85. The authority for the City of El
Segundo — Police Department to enter into this agreement can be found in the
City's Municipal Code.
III. PURPOSE
A. The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to define the
terms of use by the City of El Segundo — Police Department of the Jerry Crowe
Regional Tactical Training Facility (JCRTTF) in Orange County, California. The City
of El Segundo — Police Department has requested use of the JCRTTF to conduct
training for its personnel. The FBI operates the JCRTTF and agrees to allowthe
City of El Segundo — Police Department to use the JCRTTF for training purposes
on a cost-free basis.
B. This MOU is not intended, and should not be construed, to create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or otherwise by any third
party against the parties, their parent agencies, the United States, or the officers,
employees, agents or other associated personnel thereof.
C. This MOU is not an obligation or commitment of funds, nor a basis for transfer of
funds, but rather is a basic statement of the understanding between the parties
hereto of the tasks and methods for performing the tasks described herein.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, each party shall bear its own costs in relation
to this MOU. Expenditures by each party will be subject to its budgetary
processes and to the availability of funds and resources pursuant to applicable
laws, regulations, and policies. The parties expressly acknowledge that the
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expenditures.
IV. RESPONSIBILITIES
A. The FBI has the exclusive responsibility of managing and administrating the use
of the JCRTTF.
B. Through this agreement, the FBI permits the City of El Segundo — Police
Department to use the JCRTTF on an "as available basis" as determined solely by
the FBI.
C. The City of El Segundo — Police Department will ensure that its employees while
using the JCRTTF are both legally and medically qualified according to City of El
Segundo — Police Department standards to perform firearms training.
D. The City of El Segundo — Police Department shall ensure that an agency qualified
firearms instructor (and/or range master) is present on the firearms range at all
times during firearms use. No training shall commence until authorized by the
on -site FBI firearms instructor.
E. The City of El Segundo — Police Department shall abide by all FBI range safety
protocols. The FBI retains to right to immediately stop any City of El Segundo —
Police Department training at the JCRTTF that the FBI determines to be unsafe or
hazardous to the environment.
The City of El Segundo — Police Department shall keep a record of all
ammunition, including type and quantity, discharged at the facility. The City of El
Segundo — Police Department shall provide a copy of this record to the FBI at the
conclusion of each training day.
G. The City of El Segundo — Police Department agrees to be responsible for any
damage to JCRTTF facilities caused by any act or omission on the part of City of El
Segundo — Police Department employees.
V. LIABILITY
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A. The City of El Segundo — Police Department acknowledges that financial and civil
liability, if any, for the acts and omissions of its employees remains vested with
City of El Segundo — Police Department.
B. To the extent permissible by law, the City of El Segundo — Police Department
agrees to release and discharge the FBI, its personnel, agents, and employees,
from any and all claims, demands, damages, rights of action, or causes of action,
present or future, whether the same be known, anticipated or unanticipated,
resulting from or arising out of the City of El Segundo — Police Department's use
of the JCRTTF to conduct its training, except for those claims, demands, damages,
rights of action, or causes of action resulting from the sole negligence or
intentional wrong doing attributable to the FBI, its personnel, agents, and
employees-
C. Congress has provided that the exclusive remedy for the negligent or wrongful
act or omission of an employee of the U.S. Government, acting within the scope
of his or her employment, shall be an action against the United States under the
FTCA, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), and §§ 2671- 2680.
VI. DURATION
A. The term of the MOU shall be for three years. The MOU may be terminated at
will by any party, provided written notice is provided to the other parties of not
less than thirty (30) days.
VII. AMENDMENTS
A. This agreement may be amended only by mutual written consent of the parties.
The modifications shall have no force and effect unless such modifications are
reduced to writing and signed by an authorized representative of the FBI and the
City of El Segundo — Police Department.
VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE
A. This MOU shall be effective on the date of the last signature.
IX. POINTS OF CONTACT
A. Special Agent Gabriel Marriott
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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One Magazine Road, Irvine, California 92618
Cell: (310) 496-9921
gmmarriott@fbi.gov
B. Lieutenant Cory McEnroe
El Segundo Police Department
348 Main Street, El Segundo, California 90245
Office: (310) 524-2271
cmcenroe@elsegundo.org
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