INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-OPERATIVE AGREEMENT 

That this agreement is entered into this _______ day of _____________ ________, by and 

between the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, a sovereign Indian Nation, and The City of Fairland, 

Ottawa County, State of Oklahoma. 

WITNESSETH: 

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS 

1) That the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma (“Tribe”), acting through its Business Committee, and 

The City of Fairland, Oklahoma (“Fairland”), acting through its police chief and city council, 

hereby enter into the following cooperative agreement for the purpose of providing better and 

more efficient law enforcement services for all persons and taxpayers within Fairland, 

Oklahoma, and the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma Indian country. 

2) That the parties have determined that a cooperative effort to provide law enforcement services 

is in the best interests of the taxpayers and residents of their respective jurisdictions, whether 

Indian or non-Indian, because available resources can be shared and duplication of services 

can be avoided. Both parties agree that their cooperation under this agreement is intended to 

provide better law enforcement services to, and sound fiscal management of available 

resources for, their respective citizens and taxpayers. 

PROVISIONS RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 

3) That the Fairland Police Department agrees to issue Police or Reserve Commissions, as may 

be determined appropriate by the Fairland Police Chief, to all Tribal Police Officers, and the 

Tribe agrees that its qualified commission law enforcement officers will receive such 

commissions. Such officers shall be referred to herein as “Cross-Commissioned Officers.” 

4) The Tribe agrees to issue Special Tribal Police Officer Commissions to all commissioned 

officers of the Fairland Police Chief’s Office who are on regular, active duty and who are 

otherwise qualified to receive said commissions by reason of their training and experience, and 

the Fairland Police Chief’s Office agrees that qualified commissioned law officers shall be 

referred herein as “Cross-Commissioned Officers.” 

5) In the event that either party does not wish to issue a commission to any particular officer 

employed by the other party, the parties agree that the Tribal Police Chief and the Fairland 

Police Chief will negotiate, to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution of the situation. 

6) Each party agrees that its respective enforcement officers will provide all aid and assistance 

possible to the law enforcement officers of the other party, including reinforcement or “back-
 

 

 

 

 

up” assistance and immediate response to crises situations so that the nearest available office, 

whether Fairland’s office or Tribal office, may respond as promptly as possible in situations 

where human life or property is apparently endangered irrespective of primary service 

jurisdiction. Such assistance shall be freely requested and responded to in keeping with the 

intent of this agreement to better protect innocent lives and property, to better provide law 

enforcement services for all persons, and to apprehend violations of the law. 

7) The parties mutually agree that insofar as their respective jurisdictional areas with the City of 

Fairland are “Checker-Board” and their officers must necessarily pass through the other’s 

jurisdiction in the performance of their respective duties, that such aid and assistance as may 

be necessary will be rendered by cross-commissioned officers of each law enforcement agency 

to officers of the other in the general performance of their respective duties, and that crosscommissioned officers of one jurisdiction or for who an appropriate arrest warrant has been 

issued to hold such person for delivery to a regular officer of the other jurisdiction as soon as 

may be reasonably practical under the circumstances. 

8) Each party agrees that when a cross-commissioned officer of its party provides aid or 

assistance to the other party, the cross-commissioned officer will be under the general 

supervision of the ranking regular officer in charge of said other party while actively involved 

in providing such assistance and that the ranking officer of the party within whose territorial 

jurisdiction an incident has occurred shall have the responsibility to supervise and direct the 

crime scene investigation and other activities with due regard for the expertise of all law 

enforcement officers which may be present or otherwise involved. 

9) Each party agrees that it will cause its officers to make and file reports and other documents 

with the appropriate officials of the other jurisdiction when such officer has knowledge of the 

facts to be reported and such reports are needed by the other jurisdiction for the purpose of law 

enforcement, record-keeping, or prosecution of criminal offenders. The parties further agree 

that they will freely allow and cause their officers to appear and give their testimony in the 

court of the other party for the prosecution of offenses to which the office has knowledge. 

10) The parties mutually agree that the officers of the parties may attend internal or “in-house” law 

enforcement training programs conducted by either party with the consent of their 

commanding officer and the party conducting such training in order to familiarize themselves 

with the internal procedures, specialized law enforcement equipment, laws, and other pertinent 

matters relating to law enforcement within the jurisdiction of each party. 

11) Each party mutually agrees to provide the other party notice of changes in their operational 

policies, guidelines, and important changes in the law of their respective jurisdictions in order 

to facilitate communication and prevent unnecessary misunderstanding between law 

enforcement officers in the field. Further, the parties agree to notify each of their “in-house” 

training programs which are available for all officers to attend. 
 

 

 

 

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12) Each party agrees to be responsible for any and all employer obligations to their own 

employees regardless of whether the employee is working directly for the employer or in a 

cross-deputization capacity. By way of example, not limitation, these obligations include 

salary, taxes, workers’ compensation insurance, liability insurance, disability insurance, and 

retirement benefits. In no event shall a party be responsible for the other party’s obligations as 

an employer to their employee. 

13) This agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a period of one year from the date 

hereof and thereafter unless cancelled by one party with written notice to the other party. This 

agreement may be amended at any time in writing, and parties agree to use their best efforts to 

negotiate any differences which may arise hereunder to the end that the public will be provided 

with the best law enforcement services possible through the joint efforts of both parties. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands on the day and year first above 

written. 

Fairland City Council Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma