IGA WITH MESA PD FOR DETENTION OFFICER ACADEMY.PDF

Maricopa County — Formal (2026-07-15)

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
MARICOPA COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
AND
CITY OF MESA
FOR MCSO DETENTION OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY
C-50-27-___X-00

This Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) is entered into by and between Maricopa County, a
political subdivision of the State of Arizona by and through the Maricopa County Sheriff’s
Office, (“MCSO”), and the City of Mesa, an Arizona Municipality, for Mesa Police
Department (“Mesa PD”), collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually referred
to as “Party”.

Whereas MCSO conducts Detention Officer Training Academies on an as-needed basis
and regularly has sufficient space for additional participants, and whereas the Mesa PD
detention recruits are required to be formally trained in an acceptable training program and
the Mesa PD does not have its own detention or corrections training academy, the Parties
enter into this IGA.

Party Responsibilities

The MCSO will:

1. Provide training space as available after MCSO’s training space needs have been
met for Mesa PD detention recruit officers to attend scheduled Detention Officer
Training Academies.

2. Reserve the right in its sole discretion to decide whether the Mesa PD recruits
maintain the academic standings necessary to continue in the Academy class.

3. Reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to dismiss any recruit for training,
academic, ethical or disciplinary standards applicable to all Detention academy
participants.

4. Provide Mesa PD original individual training records for each of its recruits upon
completion of the MCSO Academy or termination of a recruit’s attendance at the
MCSO Academy.

5. Treat Mesa PD recruits in the same manner as MCSO recruits for purpose of
training, academics, ethics and discipline.

6. Require Mesa PD to investigate its recruits should a situation arise for an Internal
Affairs Investigation concerning the action of one of its recruits.

7. Bill Mesa PD a non-refundable registration amount of $1,000 per registrant after
the ﬁrst day of training.

8. Review its costs annually and process amendments to this Agreement for future
increases no later than April of each year, to be effective with the new ﬁscal year
(July 1 to June 30).

Mesa PD will:

1. Accept that there is no guarantee that any minimum number of candidates from
Mesa PD will be able to attend the academy. Enrollment is limited to
space/resource availability and MCSO candidates have enrollment priority.

2. Understand and agree that the curriculum will consist of the standard MCSO
training program for MCSO and that the curriculum shall focus on the policies
and procedures of the MCSO.

3. Provide applicable items for Mesa PD recruits depending on the requirements
for the detention basic training.

4. Pay amounts cited in 7. above per registrant within 30 days of receipt of invoice
and make amounts payable to Maricopa County; and reference “MCSO
Detention Training Academy” in the transaction detail.
General Provisions
1. This IGA shall have an initial 2-year term beginning July 1, 2026, through June 30,
2028. Following initial term, this IGA will automatically renew for up to two, one-
year terms unless cancelled or terminated.

2. Each Party (as “indemnitor”) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
other Party (as “indemnitee”) and MCSO affiliates from and against any and all
claims, losses, liability, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees)
(hereinafter collectively referred to as “claims”) arising out of the negligent
performance of this IGA, but only to the extent that such claims which result in
vicarious/derivative liability to the indemnitee are caused by the act, omission,
negligence, misconduct, or other fault of the indemnitor, its officers, officials,
agents, employees, affiliated or volunteers.

3. This agreement is not intended to constitute, create, give rise to, or otherwise
recognize a joint venture agreement, partnership or other formal business
association or organization of any kind, and the right and obligation of the Parties
shall be only those expressly set forth in this Agreement.

4. Parties acknowledge that under this IGA, no employee or participant of the Mesa
PD is to be considered a County employee, and that no rights of County merit,
County retirement, or County personnel rules shall accrue to such individual.
Mesa PD shall have total responsibility for all salaries, wages, bonuses,
retirement, withholdings, workman’s compensation, other employee beneﬁts,
and all taxes and premiums appurtenant thereto concerning such individuals
and shall save and hold MCSO harmless with respect thereto.

5. Each Party to this Agreement warrants compliance with the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA using E-Verify) and all other federal immigration laws and
regulations related to the Immigration status of its employees and A.R.S.
§214(A). Each party shall obtain statements from its subcontractors certifying
compliance and shall furnish the statements to the other Party upon request.
These warranties shall remain in effect through the term of this Agreement.
Each Party and its subcontractors shall also maintain Employment Eligibility
Veriﬁcation forms (I-9) as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986, as amended from time to time, for all employees performing work under
this Agreement and verifying employee compliance using the E-verify system
and shall keep a record of the veriﬁcation for the duration of the employee’s
employment or at least three years, whichever is longer. I-9 forms are available
for download at USCIS.GOV. Each Party retains the legal right to inspect
contractor and subcontractor’s employee documents performing work under
this Agreement to verify compliance with this Agreement. Each party and its
subcontractors shall be given reasonable notice of the other Party’s intent to
inspect and shall make the documents available at the time and date speciﬁed.
Should either Party ﬁnd that the other Party or any of its subcontractors are not
in compliance; such non-compliance may be considered a material breach of
this Agreement and may pursue all remedies allowed by law. Nothing set out
herein shall make any subcontractor an agent or employee of either Party.

6. Each party shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, executive orders,
rules, regulations, standards, and codes of the federal, state, and local
government whether speciﬁcally referenced herein. The Parties agree that there
will be no discrimination as to race, sex, religion, color, age, creed, or national
origin regarding obligations, work and services performed under the terms of any
contract ensuing from this engagement. The Parties comply with the Executive
Order No. 11246, entitled “Equal Employment Opportunity”, and as amended by
Executive Order No. 11375, as supplemented by the Department of Labor
Regulations (41 CFR, Part 60).

7. In accordance with A.R.S. §35-214, all books, accounts, reports, ﬁles, electronic
data, and other records relating to this Agreement shall be retained and subject
at all reasonable times to inspection and audit by the State of Arizona for ﬁve (5)
years after completion of this Agreement. Upon request, the Party shall produce
originals of all such records.

8. Any litigation arising from the Agreement or the performance thereof will be
decided in the federal or state courts of Maricopa County unless otherwise
agreed to between the Parties. The laws of the State of Arizona shall govern the
construction and interpretation of this IGA. This Agreement is subject to the
provisions of A.R.S. §12-1518 relating to the use of arbitration.

9. This IGA may be amended only by the mutual written consent of authorized
representatives for all Parties and requires Maricopa County Board and City of
Mesa approval.

10. Except as otherwise provided herein, this IGA may be terminated at any time by
either Party by mailing or emailing the other Party notice of termination within
thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of said termination or as otherwise
agreed to by the Parties in writing. If a Party decides to terminate this IGA, the
Parties shall consult prior to the date of termination to ensure termination on the
most economical and equitable terms. The Parties agree that any such
termination shall not become effective with respect to the current recruits then
enrolled in a training rotation until the recruit’s training is completed, if MCSO
continues to have sufficient staffing and other resources to continue the training
until that date.

11. Either party has the right to terminate this IGA without liability to the non-
terminating party by delivering to the non-terminating party written notice of
termination at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of said termination
or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties in writing.

12. Either Party has the right to terminate this IGA upon twenty-four (24) hour notice
when it is deemed the health or welfare of the service recipients is endangered.

13. If this IGA is terminated prior to expiration of its stated term, any funds advanced
shall be refunded within ten (10) day after the effective date of such early
termination; however, there shall be no obligation to refund any monies
representing tuition for participants who have attended the ﬁrst day of training.

14. Termination of suspension of this IGA by either party shall not terminate or
otherwise affect the obligations of the parties to provide indemniﬁcation and to
maintain and permit inspection of records as provided herein.

15. Notice is given that pursuant to A.R.S. §38-3511 the Parties may cancel any
contract without penalty or further obligation within three years after execution
of the contract, if any person signiﬁcantly involved in initiating, negotiating,
securing , drafting or creating the contract on behalf of the Parties is at any time
while the contract or any extension of the contract is in effect an employee or
agent of any other party to the contract in any capacity or consultant to any other
Party of the contract with respect to the subject matter of the contract.
Additionally, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-511 the Parties may recoup any fee or
commission paid or due to any person signiﬁcantly involved in initiating,
negotiating, securing, drafting, or creating the contract on behalf of the Parties
from either Party to the contract arising as a result of the Contract.

16. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute the same
instrument. Faxed, copied, electronic and scanned signatures are acceptable
as original signatures.

17. This document is the complete and exclusive statement of understanding
between the Parties, and it supersedes all proposals, oral or written, and other
documents or communications between the Parties relative to the subject
matter herein covered, unless such documents or communications are
speciﬁcally included by reference.

18. If any term, covenant, condition or provision of this IGA is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the
provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated.

19. Waiver of any breach of any term, conditions or covenant herein contained shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of any term, covenant or
conditions herein.

Notices:
Any notice to be given under this IGA shall be sent to the Parties listed below:
If to MCSO:

If to City of Mesa:

Chief, Administration

Nancy Sorensen, Police Staff Attorney

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office

City of Mesa

550 W. Jackson

130 N. Robson

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Mesa, AZ 85201

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have entered into this IGA as of the date of the
last signature set forth below.

City of Mesa, an Arizona Municipality
Maricopa County, a political subdivision

______________________________________
______________________________________
Scott Butler

Date
Kate Brophy McGee

Date
City Manager

Chair, Board of Supervisors

ATTEST:

______________________________________
_______________________________________
City Clerk

Date
Juanita Garza

Date

Clerk of the Board

City of Mesa Police Department

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office

______________________________________
_______________________________________
Dan Butler

Date
Jerry Sheridan

Date
Chief of Police

Sheriff

Approved as to form:

______________________________________
_______________________________________
City Attorney

Date

Deputy County Attorney

Date