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December 30, 2025
Michigan Department of State
Office of the Great Seal
Richard H. Austin Building, 1st Floor
430 W. Allegan
Lansing, MI 48918
Dear Office of the Great Seal:
On March 6, 2025, the Board of Commissioners for Oakland County entered into an agreement per MR #2025-4998 –
Sheriff’s Office – Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force Interlocal Agreement with Madison Heights.
As required by Urban Cooperation Act 7 of 1967 - MCL 124.510(4), a copy of the signed agreement with the County of
Oakland and the City of Madison Heights, and the authorizing Board of Commissioners Resolution are enclosed for filing
by your office.
Send confirmation of receipt of this agreement to:
Mr. Joseph Rozell, Director of Elections
Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds
County Service Center, Building #14 East
1200 N. Telegraph Rd.
Pontiac, MI 48341
(Please include our Miscellaneous Resolution number on the confirmation of receipt letter for filing purposes.)
Contact our office at (248) 858-0564 if you have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
Joseph J. Rozell, CERA
Director of Elections
Cc: Donna Dyer, Corporation Counsel, Oakland County
Erika Munoz, Corporation Counsel, Oakland County
Liz Skwarczewski, Sheriff Rate & Grant Coordinator, OCSO
Cheryl Rottmann, Clerk, City of Madison Heights
Enclosures
AGENDA ITEM: Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force Interlocal Agreement with Madison
Heights and Southfield
DEPARTMENT: Sheriff’s Office
MEETING: Board of Commissioners
DATE: Thursday, March 6, 2025 6:00 PM - Click to View Agenda
ITEM SUMMARY SHEET
COMMITTEE REPORT TO BOARD
Resolution #2025-4998
Motion to approve the Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force interlocal agreement with
Madison Heights and Southfield; further, authorize the Chair of the Board of Commissioners to
execute this agreement.
ITEM CATEGORY SPONSORED BY
Interlocal Agreement Penny Luebs
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The Sheriff’s Office has partnered with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office and the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners to create the Oakland County Human Trafficking Task Force. The
mission of the Task Force is to encourage cooperation between law enforcement agencies to
apprehend and convict those involved in human trafficking in Oakland County.
POLICY ANALYSIS
Madison Heights and Southfield are the first agencies that have agreed to join the Human
Trafficking Task Force with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. It is anticipated that more
municipalities will request to join the Task Force. Once approved, the attached interlocal agreement
will be used for future agencies requesting to join.
Per the attached interlocal agreement, the municipality will be responsible for: (1) The Municipality
may identify one or more of its full-time employees with MCOLES certification and a duty firearm to
participate in the Task Force, subject to OCSO’s approval in OCSO’s sole discretion, (2) The
Municipality will promptly notify OCSO of any personnel action involving a Municipality-employee
Task Force member, including but not limited to, any reprimand, suspension, discharge, resignation,
demotion, complaint, charge, or allegation of misconduct, whether civil or criminal, (3) All
employment-related costs of the Municipality-employee, including, but not limited to, wages, salary,
overtime, benefits, local, state and federal taxes associated with employment, and worker’s
compensation, is the sole responsibility of the Municipality at all times, (4) The Municipality will
provide the Municipality-employee(s) assigned to the task force with standard law enforcement
equipment, including but not limited to, a duty weapon, patrol vehicle, handcuffs, and taser. If the
OCSO provides equipment that would be duplicative with the Municipality-provided equipment, the
Municipality-employee must use the OCSO-provided equipment during Task Force operations.
The Oakland County Sherriff's Office will be responsible for: (1) Specialized task-force related
training, operational control, and oversight of the Task Force, (2) Any specialized equipment and
investigative expenses related to Task Force operations, (3) Deputation of all Task Force members
as set forth in this Agreement, (4) Liability protection for the Task Force members as set forth in this
Agreement, (5) Supplemental OCSO employees and support services (e.g., SWAT, evidence techs,
etc.) to assist with Task Force operations, as determined in OCSO’s sole discretion.
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: No
Committee members can contact Barbara Winter, Policy and Fiscal Analysis Supervisor at
248.821.3065 or winterb@oakgov.com or the department contact persons listed for additional
information.
CONTACT
Gaia Piir, Fiscal Officer
ITEM REVIEW TRACKING
Aaron Snover, Board of Commissioners Created/Initiated - 3/6/2025
AGENDA DEADLINE: 03/06/2025 6:00 PM
ATTACHMENTS
1. OCSO human trafficking task force - Generic Template 08-09-24
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2025-02-25 Public Health & Safety - Recommend to Board
2025-03-06 Full Board - Adopt
Motioned by: Commissioner Robert Hoffman
Seconded by: Commissioner Angela Powell
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Penny Luebs, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Christine
Long, Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Marcia Gershenson,
William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault,
Robert Smiley (17)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Michael Gingell (1)
Passed
AGREEMENTFOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY HUMAN
TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE
BETWEEN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND,THE OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF,
AND
CITY OF MADISON HEIGHTS
This Agreement ("Agreement")is made between OAKLAND COUNTY,a Michigan
constitutional and municipal corporation,whose address is 1200 North Telegraph,
Pontiac,Michigan 48341 ("County"),the OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF,a Michigan
constitutional officer,whose address is 1200 North Telegraph Rd., Pontiac,Michigan
48341,Bldg.#38 East (“Sheriff),and CITY OF MADISON HEIGHTS,a municipal
corporation whose address is 300 West 13 Mile Road,Madison Heights,Michigan 48071
(“Municipality”).
In this Agreement,the |County,Sheriff,and the Municipality may be referred to
individually as “Party”or jointly as “Parties.”Oakland County Sheriff's Office
(“OCSO”)means the County and the Sheriff jointly.
In consideration of the mutual promises,obligations,representations,and assurances set
forth in this Agreement,the Parties agree as follows:
1.AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE.The parties enter this interlocal agreement
pursuant to 1951 PA 35 (MCL 124.1 et seq.)and 1967 PA 7 (MCL 124.501 et seq.)
for the purpose of participating in the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Human
Trafficking Task Force (“Task Force”)under the direction and supervision of the
OCSO.
The mission of the Task Force is to encourage cooperation between law enforcement
agencies to apprehend and convict those involved in human trafficking in Oakland
County.
2.MUNICIPALITY’S RESPONSIBILITIES.
2.1.The Municipality will provide a dedicated,private,and secure space for the
Task Force to operate,including:
2.1.1.Repair and maintenance.
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2.1.2.Utilities for the building,including,but not limited to,electricity,
heating,cooling and water.
2.1.3.Janitorial services.
2.1.4.Office furniture and equipment,including,but not limited to,
telephones,copier,fax,and office supplies,and repair and
maintenance of such furniture and equipment.Security equipment,as
necessary,to ensure the space remains secure from unauthorized
persons.
2.1.5.Fire and carbon monoxide alarm and detection equipment.
The Municipality may identify one or more of its full-time employees with
MCOLES certification and a duty firearm to participate in the Task Force,
subject to OCSO’s approval in OCSO’s sole discretion.
The Municipality will promptly notify OCSO of any personnel action
involving a Municipality-employee Task Force member,including but not
limited to,any reprimand,suspension,discharge,resignation,or demotion.The
Municipality also agrees that it will promptly notify OCSO of any complaint,
charge,or allegation of misconduct,whethercivil or criminalin nature,that the
Municipality becomes aware of regarding any Municipality-employee Task
Force member.
All employment-related costs of the Municipality-employee,including,but not
limited to,wages,salary,overtime,benefits,local,state and federal taxes
associated with employment,and worker’s compensation,is the sole
responsibility of the Municipality at all times.
The Municipality will provide the Municipality-employee(s)assigned to the
task force with standard law enforcement equipment,including but not limited
to a duty weapon,police radio,cellular phone,bulletproof vest,patrol vehicle,
handcuffs,and a taser.If the OCSO provides equipment that would be
duplicative with the Municipality-provided equipment,the Municipality-
employee must use the OCSO-provided equipment during Task Force
operations.
OCSO RESPONSIBILITIES.
3.1.OCSO will provide:
3.1.1.Specialized task-force related training,operational control,and
oversight of the Task Force.
3.1.2.Any specialized equipment and investigative expenses related to Task
Force operations,including but not limited to:
3.1.2.1.Body cameras to be used during Task Force operations.
3.1.2.2.Computers,laptops,or similar technology to be used
during Task Force operations.
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3.1.2.3.Access to the OCSO case report writing system.
3.1.2.4.Any other special equipmentor investigative expenses,as
determined in OCSO’s sole discretion.
3.1.2.5.Vehicles to be used by OCSO’s assigned officer.
3.1.3.Deputation of all Task Force membersasset forth in this Agreement.
3.1.4.Liability protection for the Task Force members as set forth in this
Agreement.
3.1.5.Supplemental OCSO employees and support services (e.g.,SWAT,
evidence techs,etc.)to assist with Task Force operations,as
determined in OCSO’s sole discretion].
4.DEPUTATIONS
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4A,
Subject to a background inquiry,a Municipality-employee must be sworn as a
special deputy of the Oakland County Sheriff before joining the Task Force.
The deputation must remain in effect throughout the tenure of each
Municipality-employee’s assignmentto the Task Force.
Administrative and personnel policies imposed by the Municipality will not be
voided by deputation of its employee.However,deputized Municipality-
employees must follow OCSO’s orders,rules,regulations,policies,and
procedures when acting as a memberof the Task Force.
This Agreement does not,in any manner,limit the unilateral and complete
discretion of the Sheriff to deputize,refuse to deputize,or revoke the
deputation of any Municipality-employee at any time and for any reason.
If a Municipality-employee’s deputation is revoked,the Municipality-
employee shall be considered immediately terminated from the Task Force.
The Municipality may designate another Municipality-employee to join the
task force as set forth in this Agreement.
5.DURATION,SUSPENSION,AND TERMINATION
5.1.
5.3.
Prior to its effectiveness,this Agreement and any amendments hereto must be:
5.1.1.Signed by all Parties.
5.1.2.Approved by the Parties’respective governing bodies.Such approval
shall be entered in the official minutes of the governing body of each
Party.
5.1.3.Filed with the Oakland County Clerk and the Secretary of State,in
compliance with MCL 124.510(4).
This Agreement becomes effective when the requirements in Section 5.1 are
met and will remain in effect until terminated as set forth in 5.3.
Any Party may terminate this Agreement for any reason upon 30 days written
notice.The effective date for termination or cancellation shall be clearly stated
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5.4.
in the notice.The Parties shall incur no penalty,expense,or liability if this
Agreementis terminated under this section.
OCSO may immediately suspend this Agreement or the Municipality’s
participation in the Task Force if OCSO,in its sole discretion,determines that
the Municipality has failed to comply with federal,state,or local law,or any
requirements contained in this Agreement.The right to suspendservices is in
addition to the right to terminate this Agreement.OCSO shall incur no penalty,
expense,or liability if services are suspended under this Section.
NOTICES.
6.1.Notices given under this Agreement must be in writing and sent via certified
mail or first-class U.S.mail as follows:
6.1.1.To the OCSO:Oakland County Sheriff,1200 N.Telegraph,Building
38 East,Pontiac,MI 48341.
6.1.2.To the Municipality:Chief of Police,280 West 13 Mile Road,
Madison Heights,MI 48071
ASSET FORFEITURE
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4,
In some circumstances,Michigan and federal law authorize forfeiture of
property related to humantrafficking offenses.
For forfeiture under Michigan law,OCSO will determine on a case-by-case
basis if it is appropriate to seek forfeiture for any Task Force case.When
appropriate,OCSO will consult and cooperate with other relevant agencies
(e.g.the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office)to institute forfeiture
proceedings and dispose of forfeited property.OCSO will pay any proceeds
from the disposal of forfeited property in accordance with the applicable law
authorizing the forfeiture (see for example,MCL 600.4708).Any proceeds
authorized to be paid to a governmental unit will be split equally among each
participating Task Force agency for that case.
For forfeiture proceedings initiated under federal law,each agency
participating in the Task Force mayfile an individual equitable sharing request
form with the federal government using its own,agency-specific NCIC code.
Each agency submitting such a request must consult with OCSO to determine
the appropriate pro-rata percentage to be requested in the form.The percentage
will be equalfor all requesting Task Force agencies participating in the case.
The Parties will comply with all applicable state and Federal laws and
guidelines for spending and reporting forfeiture proceeds.
LIABILITY
8.1.The Municipality shall immediately notify OCSO of any civil,administrative,
or criminal claim,complaint,discovery request,or other request for
information that the Municipality receives notice concerning or arising from
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the conduct of any Municipality-employee Task Force member or otherwise
relating to the Task Force.
8.2.Except as provided in Section 7.3,each Party shall be responsible for its own
acts and the acts of its employees,agents,and subcontractors,the costs
associated with those acts,and the defense of those acts.
8.3.Whenever a claim is made,or a civil action is commenced against a
Municipality employee arising from alleged negligent or wrongful conduct by
the Municipality employee while acting under the direction and control of
OCSO and within the scope of his or her authority as a deputized memberof
the Task Force pursuant to this Agreement,the Municipality may request that
the County defend and indemnify the Municipality-employee.Under such
circumstances,the Municipality-employee will be covered under the County
Indemnification Policy (specifically,County Miscellaneous Resolutions 85339
and 86124 and any amendments thereto).Consistent with County
Miscellaneous Resolutions 85339 and 86124,and as further described in such
Resolutions,the County will select the attorney to represent the Municipality-
employee and will have control and supervision over the claim or civil action
including,but not limited to,settlement of the claim or lawsuit.
8.4.Notwithstanding the indemnification under Section 7.3,OCSO will not be
responsible for the Municipality-employee’s conduct that is not under the
direction and control of the OCSO,authorized by OCSO,or undertaken outside
the scope of a Municipality-employee’s Task Force duties and assignments
under this Agreement.
DISCRIMINATION.The Parties may not discriminate against their employees,
agents,applicants for employment,or any other person or entity with respect to hire,
tenure,terms,conditions,and privileges of employment,or any matter directly or
indirectly related to employmentin violation of any federal,state or local law.
RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.This Agreement does not and is not intended to
impair,divest,delegate,or contravene any constitutional,statutory,or other legal
right,privilege,power,obligation,duty,or immunity of the Parties.
GOVERNING LAW/CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE.This
Agreementshall be governed,interpreted,and enforced by the laws of the State of
Michigan.Except as otherwise required by law or court rule,any action brought to
enforce,interpret,or decide any Claim arising under or related to this Agreement
shall be brought in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Michigan,the 50th
District Court of the State of Michigan,or the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan,Southern Division,as dictated by the applicable
jurisdiction of the court.Except as otherwise required by law or court rule,venue is
properin the courts set forth above.
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RECORDS.Records created or maintained by the Task Force or any Task Force
member(s)when acting as a memberof the Task Force belong to OCSO.OCSO hassolemanagementandcontroloversuchrecords.If the Municipality receives a request
for any Task Force recordsit will immediately notify OCSO of the request for OCSO
to determine if release is appropriate and whetherredactions are required prior to
release.
NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.Except as provided for the benefit of the
Parties,this Agreement does not and is not intended to create any obligation,duty,
promise,contractual right or benefit,right to indemnification,right to subrogation,
and/or any otherright in favor of any other personor entity.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.TheParties shall comply with all federal,state,and
local statutes,ordinances,regulations,administrative rules,and requirements
applicable to its activities performed under this Agreement.
PERMITS AND LICENSES.The Parties shall be responsible for obtaining and
maintaining,throughoutthe term of this Agreement,all licenses,permits,certificates,
and governmental authorizations for its employees and/or agents necessary to perform
all its obligations under this Agreement.Upon request,a Party shall furnish copies of
any permit,license,certificate or governmental authorization to the requesting Party.
DELEGATION/SUBCONTRACT/ASSIGNMENT.The Parties shall not
delegate,subcontract,and/or assign any obligation or right under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the other Party.A delegation,subcontract,or
assignment made without the prior written consent of the other Party is void.
MODIFICATIONS.
17.1.This Agreement may be modified at any time by written consentof all Parties.
17.2.Modifications to this Agreementshall have no force and effect unless such
modifications are in writing and the requirements in Section 5.1 are met.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT.This Agreement represents the entire Agreement and
understanding between the Parties.This Agreement supersedes all other oral or
written Agreements between the Parties.
The Parties have taken all actions and secured all approvals necessary to authorize and
complete this Agreement.The persons signing this Agreement on behalf of each Party
have legal authority to sign this Agreement and bind the Parties to the terms and
conditions contained herein.
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THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND:
BY:DATE:David T.Woodward ,Chairman,Oakland County Board of Commissioners
OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL J.BOUCHARD:
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CITY OF MADISON HEIGHTS:
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Crime Commission Meeting
Madison Heights, Michigan
October 08, 2024
A Crime Commission Meeting was held on Tuesday, October 08, 2024 at 2:30 PM at City Hall
- Madison Room, 300 W. 13 Mile Rd.
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 2:34 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Martha Covert
Alexandra Iaquinto
Margarette Marentette
Anthony Roberts
Council Representative Sean Fleming
Council Representative Alternate Quinn Wright
ABSENT
Beth Scott - Excused
Alternate Jeffrey Hilliard - Unexcused
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS
None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion made to approve the August 13, 2024 meeting minutes made by Roberts, Seconded by
Covert.
Voting Yea: Iaquinto, Marentette, Council Representative Fleming
MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
None present
REPORTS
Chief’s Report
Staffing updates - Since our last meeting, we have had two (2) new officers sworn in. One started
about a month ago and came to us with experience from DPD and the other graduated from the
Police Academy last week and was sworn in yesterday. We have (2) more applicants in the
background process and if they are both hired, that will bring us one short of full staffing. For
2
our dispatchers, we have one dispatcher that started last week and one more that is starting
soon. With the two new dispatchers, that will put us at full staff for our dispatchers.
Retirements - We have a few upcoming retirements that will be happening in the next few
months. Ellen has been at the PD for 32 years and will be retiring on October 18th. Lt. Fecteau
is going to be retiring in February 2025. Deputy Chief was set to retire in December 2024 but he
signed a 2 year contract with stay with us.
For our SIU unit, we have assigned one full time officer to work the unit and will have another
officer assigned to work the unit in a few months. One of our other officers is in the process of
joining the Oakland County SWAT team. There is a little more training and once the training
part is passed, they will then be selected to go to the SWAT Academy.
The Co Responder program is up and running. Sabrina Fallone and Alyssa Waters have been
selected as our Co Responders for the PD.
We have signed the inner local agreement for the Oakland County Human Trafficking Unit to
start. Our SIU department is in the process of training the Sergeant from Oakland County.
Accreditation update – We were first accredited in 2022, and the accreditation process takes
place every 3 years. We have an upcoming mock assessment in October and sometime in
December, the State of MI comes in to assess us. In February of 2025, we will sit in front of the
panel to get our re-accreditation.
Our recruitment unit was rebranded since recruitment has been slowing down since we are closer
to full staffing. We will still be recruiting but changed the name to Community Engagement
Recruitment Team aka CERT. CERT is also available to do community events such as trunk or
treats and end of the year picnics for the schools.
The camera for Rosie’s Park has been purchased and DPS is now working on getting power to
the camera. Once that is all done, there will be a camera installed at Rosie’s Park.
The K-9 demonstration was held a few weeks ago and the turn out was good. Ali and Peg
attended the event. There were about 75 people in attendance at the event. We discussed
changing the date for the event for 2025 to the first weekend in October, so we are not hosting
the event the same day as Trail Tunes.
Council Report
Councilman Fleming stated that council approved the replacement of a vehicle that was involved
in an accident. There was a question that asked to him about the insurance on the vehicles and
Chief responded that the Finance department is who would answer that question.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
K9 Demonstration Follow Up - Covered in Chief’s report
Record our Holiday Greeting at this meeting - Photo taken by Anna O’Bryan for the Crime
Commission Holiday Greeting that will be posted on social media in December 2024.
Work plan 2025 - We discussed the events that we want to complete for the Crime
Commission’s 2025 work plan.
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Madison Heights
Crime Commission
2025 Work Plan
Name of Goal/
Project Benefit if completed Timeline for
completion
Resources
needed
Measure
of success
Police
Department
Bike Rodeo
Educate Public to Bicycle
Safety June 2025
Educational
Materials /
Additional
Vendors and
more bicycle
groups
Report
from
Police
Chief on
Success of
the event
Police Dog
Demonstration
To educate the public on the
importance of the police K-9
units
Fall 2025
Location
needed to host
event and
additional
departments
to bring their
K-9 unit
Number
of people
attending
the events
and report
from
Police
Chief on
Success of
the event
NEW BUSINESS
We will have our annual Christmas Luncheon for the December Crime Commission Meeting on
December 10, 2024.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 3:14 p.m.
Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Covert, Seconded by Iaquinto.
Voting Yea: Marentette, Roberts, Council Representative Fleming