HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 16 - 2022 - Porchlight
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 16
Series of 2022
TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PORCHLIGHT, A FAMILY JUSTICE
CENTER, AND THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE CONCERNING THE
PROVISION OF ON-SITE POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVICES AT
THE CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City”), acting through its City
Council (“Council”), is a home rule municipality with statutory and constitutional authority to
provide law enforcement services; and
WHEREAS, Porchlight, A Family Justice Center, is a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation,
operating a Family Justice Center (“Center”) devoted to providing services to people impacted
by domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, child abuse, at-risk individual abuse, and
human trafficking by facilitating access to a variety of services and staff of community
organizations and government agencies in a single, safe location; and
WHEREAS, one of the services coordinated and facilitated by the Center is access to
law enforcement services; and
WHEREAS, the Center has requested the voluntary participation of the Wheat Ridge
Police Department (WRPD) in responding to requests for services from guests of the Center
through, among other things, providing dedicated workspace on-site; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the Center’s mission of facilitating and
coordinating the provision of services to people impacted by person-on-person crimes serves
the public safety and welfare of the members of the public in Wheat Ridge and the larger
community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the City Council therefore wishes to approve a memorandum of
understanding concerning the provision of WRPD services to guests of the Center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Wheat Ridge City Council, that:
The attached Memorandum of Understanding between Porchlight, A Family Justice
Center, and the City of Wheat Ridge concerning the provision of WRPD services at the Family
Justice Center is hereby approved. The Mayor and Clerk are authorized to execute the same.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 28th day of March 2022.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk