This Interagency Operations and Protocol Agreement, between the Solano Community College Department of Public Safety and neighboring agencies, is to clarify agency jurisdiction and response responsibility as required by the Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act of 1998.

The California Legislature under this Act also reaffirms that campus law enforcement agencies have primary authority for providing law enforcement service on their campus.

This Act also requires law enforcement agencies to designate operational responsibility and define specific geographical boundaries of response for the investigation of Part I violent crimes of homicide, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assaults on campus property and property controlled by the college.

The Solano Community College Department of Public Safety has primary responsibility for law enforcement response and investigations of criminal activity on District property, located within the jurisdiction of the Solano County Sheriff’s Department, Vacaville Police Department, and Vallejo Police Department.

The Solano Community College Department of Public Safety and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office, Vacaville Police Department, and Vallejo Police Department have agreed that the Solano Community College Department of Public Safety may request the assistance at any time.  Further, the College may request these agencies to assume control over investigations for serious violent Part I crimes that may be beyond the resources of the Solano Community College Department of Public Safety in accordance with existing Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs).