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Furthermore, each officer within a department should have a basic familiarity with mutual aid, the responsibilities when reporting to another agency and the protections afforded under the agency's worker's compensation. For liability reasons, management of a mutual aid situation is under the control of the requesting party. However, the sending party has discretion whether to provide personnel or equipment and can recall such assistance at any time. Time commitments for mutual aid requests: While there is no hard and fast time limit, the commitment of resources can be taxing on agencies. In addition, in some situations, an advantage can be gained by ending a mutual aid request and entering into some contractual assistance, especially when the law enforcement costs need to be tracked or can be recovered from other sources. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office ("Sheriff") has again volunteered to serve as the administrative coordinator of the pact. As communities adopt the Joint Powers Agreement, the appropriate documentation and signature page need to be forwarded to the Sheriff. Each agency is responsible for entering and updating available agency resources. Previously the parties used the Regional Automated Property Information (RAPID) database. Resources will now be listed online in a mutually agreed upon resource management database. The parties to this agreement are solely responsible to update their available resources in the agreed upon database. The effective date for the new Joint Powers agreement is January 1, 2015. This date was established to allow enough time for agencies to receive the appropriate authority and to provide some �nality between the old pact and the new pact. The former pact will expire at midnight on December 31, 2014. Failure to execute the new agreement by December 31, 2014 will terminate a party's participation in the pact. Participation can be resumed upon execution of the new agreement. Agencies that elect not to participate in the new agreement may be bound by other existing mutual aid agreement or state statutes. Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association Mutual Aid Pact -3-