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SWIFT Contract#260081 <br /> MN027231A <br /> 4. State of Minnesota <br /> Joint Powers Agreement <br /> MiNNes0TA <br /> This Agreement is between the State of Minnesota, acting through its Department of Public Safety on behalf of the <br /> Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ("BCA"), and the City of Orono on behalf of its Prosecuting Attorney("Governmental <br /> Unit").The BCA and the Governmental Unit may be referred to jointly as "Parties." <br /> Recitals <br /> Under Minn. Stat. §471.59, the BCA and the Governmental Unit are empowered to engage in agreements that are <br /> necessary to exercise their powers. Under Minn. Stat. § 299C.46,the BCA must provide a criminal justice data <br /> communications network to benefit political subdivisions as defined under Minn. Stat. § 299C.46, subd. 2 and subd. 2(a). <br /> The Governmental Unit is authorized by law to utilize the criminal justice data communications network pursuant to the <br /> terms set out in this Agreement. In addition, BCA either maintains repositories of data or has access to repositories of <br /> data that benefit authorized political subdivisions in performing their duties. The Governmental Unit wants to access <br /> data in support of its official duties. <br /> The purpose of this Agreement is to create a method by which the Governmental Unit has access to those systems and <br /> tools for which it has eligibility, and to memorialize the requirements to obtain access and the limitations on the access. <br /> Agreement <br /> 1 Term of Agreement <br /> 1.1 Effective Date.This Agreement is effective on the date the BCA obtains all required signatures under Minn. <br /> Stat. § 16C.05, subdivision 2. <br /> 1.2 Expiration Date.This Agreement expires five years from the date it is effective. <br /> 2 Agreement Between the Parties <br /> 2.1 General Access. BCA agrees to provide Governmental Unit with access to the Minnesota Criminal Justice <br /> Data Communications Network(CJDN) and those systems and tools which the Governmental Unit is <br /> authorized by law to access via the CJDN for the purposes outlined in Minn. Stat. § 299C.46. <br /> 2.2 Methods of Access. <br /> The BCA offers three (3) methods of access to its systems and tools. The methods of access are: <br /> A. Direct access occurs when individual users at the Governmental Unit use the Governmental Unit's <br /> 'equipment to access the BCA's systems and tools. This is generally accomplished by an individual user <br /> entering a query into one of BCA's systems or tools. <br /> B. Indirect Access occurs when individual users at the Governmental Unit go to another Governmental <br /> Unit to obtain data and information from BCA's systems and tools. This method of access generally <br /> results in the Governmental Unit with indirect access obtaining the needed data and information in a <br /> physical format like a paper report. <br /> C. Computer-to-Computer System Interface occurs when the Governmental Unit's computer exchanges <br /> data and information with BCA's computer systems and tools using an interface.Without limitation, <br /> interface types include: state message switch, web services, enterprise service bus and message <br /> queuing. <br /> For purposes of this Agreement, Governmental Unit employees or contractors may use any of these <br /> methods to use BCA's systems and tools as described in this Agreement. Governmental Unit will select a <br /> 1 <br /> DPS/BCA CJDN JPA_March 2021 <br />