070-20 - Kitsap County Sheriff's Office - ContractMemorandum of Understanding
Between
Kitsap County Sheriffs Office and
City of Port Orchard Police Department
Registered Sex and Kidnapping Offender Address Verification Program (2020-2021)
This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") regarding the Registered Sex Offender Address
Verification Program (2020-2021) (ooProgram") is between the Kitsap County through the Kitsap
County Sheriffls Office ("KSCO") and the City of Port Orchard ("City") .
WHEREAS, KCSO has received grant funding in the amount of fiI64,774.00 from the
Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs ("WASPC") for face-to-face address
verification of registered sex and kidnapping offenders at his/her place of residency, as more
specifically provided in RCW 9A,.44.130.
WHEREAS, face-to-face address velification is important to maintain the accuracy of the Sex
Offlender Registry and to enforce registration requirements and requires additional resources and
requires the assistance from the cities in Kitsap County in orderto maintain the accuracy of the
registry.
WHEREAS, KCSO seeks assistance from the City to complete the statutory address verification
and the City desires to provide such assistance pursuant to the terms and conditions of this MOU.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
l. Term. The term of this MOU is one (l) year commencing July l, 2020 and ending June 30,
2021.
The MOU may be terminated by either parly on 10-days prior written notice to the other.
2. City's Responsibilities.
a. The City will conduct face-to-face verification of registered offenders place of residency
residing in the City and submit quarterly electronic reports for each offender contact as
provided below.
b. Face-to-face verification of a sex offender's address at the place of residence:
1. Level I Offenders and Level II Offenders - face-to-face verification once every six (6)
months. Level I Offenders includes unclassified offenders and kidnapping offenders
unless a shorter timeframe is required in the interests of public safety.
2. Level III Offenders - face-to-face verification once every three (3) months.
c. Electronic verification of face-to-face contact.
l. Elechonic Reporting. Agencies must quarterly submit electronic verification in Ileads
for each offender contact in accordance with the above-mentioned verification schedule
on or before October 5,202A, January 5,2021, April 5, 2021, and July 5,2021.
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2. Attempted Contacts. If an officer attempts to contact a registered offender and
determines that the offender no longer resides at the address, he/she is registered, the
officer shall complete an Incident/Investigative Report in lleads and forward the reporl
to the Kitsap County Sheriff s Office Detective Division for follow up investigation
regarding the "Failure to Register".
d. Community Notification for Level III Offenders:
1. The City shall send a pless release to the local media on any new Level III offender
within their jurisdiction.
2. The City should conduct a community notification meeting on any new registered
Level III offender within their jurisdiction.
3. KCSO Responsibilities.
a. KCSO will do the follow:
i. register all sex offenders and kidnapping offenders residing in Kitsap County as
required by law;j. monitor all offenders registered as "transient" within Kitsap County on a weekly basis
as required by law;
k. follow up on all incident/investigative reports of "Failure to Register" submitted to the
KCSO Detective Division by the City;
l. maintain a master file on each registered offender within Kitsap County; and
m. complete and submit the necessary reports/documents to WASPC as required by the
Program.
3. Funding.
a. As of July 27th, 2020, therc are 794 registered offenders within Kitsap County. The
following are the number of offenders currently registered in each of the agencies'
jurisdiction.
Offenders registered within the City of Bremerton - 194
Offenders registered with the City of Port Orchard- 32
Offenders registered with the City of Poulsbo - 8
Offenders registered with the City of Bainbridge Island - l0
b. Each City will receive a percentage of the Program grant monies based on the number of
offenders. The percentage will be calculated based on the percentage of offenders within
the jurisdiction of the City compared to the total number of registered offenders within
Kitsap County. That percentage of the total award amount minus 50% is your total award
amount. [e.g. 816 registered offenders within Kitsap County, with 82 offenders within an
agency's jurisdiction is 10 % of the total offenders. 10% times the award amount.
$171,340.69 =$17,134.07 X50%: $8,567.03.1 The City of Port Orchard has 4Yo of Kitsap
County's registered sex offenders. The 2020-21award amount for the City of Port Orchard
is $3,294.88.
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c. Regardless of the figures in paragraph 4(b) above, a minimum of $1,000 will be awarded to
each participating agency. [e.g. The City of Bainbridge Island has lYo of Kitsap County's
registered offenders. The2A20-21 award amount is $1,000.00.1
d. If any funding under this MOU is not available, withdrawn, reduced, or limited in any way,
or if additional or modified conditions are placed on the funding after the MOU becomes
effective, KCSO may in its discretion and without penalty reduce or terminate the funding
allocated to the City, and/or terminate the MOU.
4. Compliance with laws. The parties shall comply with all applicable statutes, which includes
without limitation compliance with RCW 4.24.550,9A.44.130,9A.44.I35, and 36.28A.230,
when conducting registration, community notification, and verification of sex and kidnapping
offenders.
5. Liabilitv. Each party is responsible and liable for the acts and omissions of its own offtcers,
agents or employees in connection with the performance of their official duties under this MOU.
6. Independent Capacity. The employees and agents of each party who are engaged in the
performance of this MOU shall continue to be the employees or agents of that party and shall
not be considered, for any putpose, to be employees or agents of the other party to this MOU.
7. Third Party Rights. This MOU is intended to be solely between the parties. No part ofthis MOU
shall be construed to add, supplement, or amend existing rights, benefits, or privileges of any
third party, including without limitation, employees of either party.
8. Entire Aereement. This MOU contains the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes
any other agreement or understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter of this MOU.
9. Counterparts. The Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but all of which together will constitution one and the same agreement.
10. Authorization. Each pariy signing below wamants to the other party, that they have the full
power and authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the party for whom they sign.
4_Dated tnis fuffaav ot W4 ,2020Dated this day of 2020
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Robert Putaansuu,6R4
City of Port Orchard o r'"'.l}
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