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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PACIFIC ISLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (VAPIHCS) AND HAWAI'I COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT (HPD) This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) and the Hawai'i County Police Department (HPD), hereinafter referred to as the "Parties". 1. PURPOSE. To establish general working relationships between the VAPIHCS VA Police Service and HPD as a means of reinforcing interagency coordination and responsibility concerning law enforcement, emergency response, mutual aid, physical security, requests for assistance, physical security and access control operations for VAPIHCS, Hilo VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), located at 45 Mohouli Street, Hilo, HI 96720 and the Kailua-Kona VA CBOC, located at 73-5618 Maiau Street, Kamanu Center, Suite C200, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740. 2. REFERENCES. a. VA Directive 0730, Security and Law Enforcement, dated December 12, 2012 b. VA Handbook 0730, Security and Law Enforcement, dated August 11, 2000 3. GENERAL. a. VAPIHCS, also known as VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, has facilities located in the City of Hilo and Kailua-Kona. VAPIHCS provides Primary, Specialty, and Extended Care services to Veterans throughout the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa. The mission of the VAPIHCS is to provide timely, efficient, ethical, safe, compassionate, and quality health care to Veteran patients. b. All properties under the control or ownership of the Department of Veterans Affairs (such as the CBOCs noted), except for the VA controlled properties on the Tripler Medical Center Campus are Proprietorial jurisdiction. In proprietorial jurisdiction, VA Police Officers are authorized to arrest solely for Federal Offenses and Violations of VA Rules & Regulations. The term "Proprietorial" is applied in those instances wherein the Federal Government has acquired some right or title to an area in a state but has not obtained any measure of the state's authority over the area. Therefore, the State of Hawaii has sole criminal jurisdiction except for violations of federal laws and VA Regulations and rules. c. COMPACT ACT Section 205 Police Crisis Intervention Training for VA Police requires that each VA Medical Center Police Service develop a plan to enter into partnerships with local mental health organizations and experts; Veteran Exhibit "A"