The City Councils of Fredericksburg, Boerne, and Kerrville have recently passed a Mutual Aid Agreement for a Multi-Jurisdictional Tactical Response Team. This agreement enables the police departments of the three cities to exchange officers between agencies for the purpose of mutual assistance. The primary goal of this agreement is to create a more efficient utilization of law enforcement services and resources, enhance cooperation between law enforcement agencies in the participating communities, offer a more timely and effective response to calls for specialized law enforcement assistance, and provide adequate manpower levels of highly trained law enforcement officers to resolve crisis and high-risk situations.
According to the agreement, "Tactical Response Team" means any or all of the following special tasks or duties that are assigned to a peace officer or group of peace officers, in addition to routine police duties: combating specific crime problems that are likely to be resolved by the commitment of additional forces, providing additional support for patrol elements and routine patrol activities, being primary or supplemental personnel for riot situations and crowd control, provision of special weapons and tactics support to handle barricaded persons, snipers, hostage situations, and similar emergency situations, and providing security for individuals such as visiting dignitaries.
This agreement shall be performed by those Law Enforcement Officers of each party who are specifically trained and capable of carrying out the special operations of this team.
Chief Vorauer is "looking forward to establishing this team and believes it will benefit our department and our community."