# ACIN Agreements and Participation Terms
The agreement folder contains **38 PDFs**: one unsigned draft ACIN Interagency Cooperation Agreement and 37 files whose produced filenames label them executed, partially executed, or part of an executed packet. Repeated MOU/intergovernmental-agreement records reduce to **27 named agency units** when Pope County 911 is counted separately from Russellville Police Department. The set documents a broad participation campaign, but it is not a self-reconciling final roster.
## Agreement inventory
| Agency unit | Produced file IDs | Form or produced label |
|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Police Department | `AGR-101` | Executed MOU |
| Hot Springs Village Police Department | `AGR-102` | Executed MOU, partial copy |
| Maumelle Police Department | `AGR-103` | Packet and executed MOU |
| Prairie Grove Police Department | `AGR-104`, `AGR-413` | Executed intergovernmental agreement; partial MOU copy |
| Rogers Police Department | `AGR-105` | Executed MOU |
| Sherwood Police Department | `AGR-106` | Executed MOU |
| Crossett Police Department | `AGR-107` | Executed MOU |
| Bella Vista Police Department | `AGR-108`, `AGR-109` | Executed intergovernmental agreement and MOU |
| Bentonville Police Department | `AGR-110`, `AGR-302`, `AGR-407` | Executed intergovernmental agreement; two MOU executions |
| Jonesboro Police Department | `AGR-111`, `AGR-308` | Executed intergovernmental agreement and MOU |
| Paragould Police Department | `AGR-112`, `AGR-410` | Executed intergovernmental agreement and MOU |
| Jacksonville Police Department | `AGR-113` | Executed intergovernmental agreement |
| El Dorado Police Department | `AGR-201` | Executed MOU dated in May 2026 |
| Russellville Police Department | `AGR-202`, `AGR-307`, `AGR-406` | Joint packet with Pope County 911; intergovernmental agreement; MOU |
| Pope County 911 | `AGR-202` | Joint executed MOU packet |
| Lake Village Police Department | `AGR-203` | Executed MOU |
| Monticello Police Department | `AGR-301` | Executed MOU |
| Benton Police Department | `AGR-303` | Executed MOU |
| Cabot Police Department | `AGR-304`, `AGR-305`, `AGR-404` | Executed intergovernmental agreement; two MOU copies |
| Texarkana Arkansas Police Department | `AGR-306` | Executed MOU |
| Hot Springs Police Department | `AGR-401` | Agreements and founding-charter packet |
| Springdale Police Department | `AGR-402`, `AGR-409` | Executed intergovernmental agreement and MOU |
| Van Buren Police Department | `AGR-403` | Executed intergovernmental agreement and MOU |
| Little Rock Police Department | `AGR-405` | Executed MOU |
| Conway Police Department | `AGR-408` | Executed MOU, partial copy |
| North Little Rock Police Department | `AGR-411` | Executed MOU |
| Arkansas State Police | `AGR-412` | Executed MOU |
## Standard MOU terms
The recurring MOU says it becomes effective on 2026-11-01 "or at the onset of Network operations" and allows withdrawal on 30 days' written notice (`AGR-201_El_Dorado_PD_MOU_EXECUTED_2026-05-15.pdf`, pp. 1, 4). Its central operational provisions are:
- RMS data is to be centralized in a cloud platform where generative AI and machine learning will search and link incidents, people, suspects, and things; the same paragraph adds "(ONLY INCIDENT REPORT INFORMATION) Not to include investigative files" (pp. 1-2).
- The board is to include one command-level member from each RMS-contributing agency, with equal operational votes; the Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney chairs for grant compliance and appoints the director (p. 2).
- Each participating RMS agency supplies a liaison, and users must be CJIS-certified (p. 2).
- The MOU says "[g]rant funding has been obtained" for the first three years, after which costs revert to member agencies unless more grant funding is located (p. 2).
- ACIN must undergo an annual independent financial audit, apply the Third Agency Rule, establish a privacy policy, and refer FOIA requests concerning contributed data to the originating agency (pp. 3-4).
> [!contradiction] Incident-only clause versus produced investigative services
> The MOU's express limit—"ONLY INCIDENT REPORT INFORMATION" and "[n]ot to include investigative files" (`AGR-201_El_Dorado_PD_MOU_EXECUTED_2026-05-15.pdf`, p. 1)—conflicts with the manual's Tier 2 "Investigative Data" category and the LeadsOnline contract's case narratives, attachments, phone extractions, communications, movement, device, and location analysis ([[ACIN Policy and Operations Manual]], `POL-301_ACIN_Policy_and_Operations_Manual_REDACTED_2026-01.pdf`, p. 47; [[LeadsOnline Executed Contract]], `CON-001_LeadsOnline_Executed_Contract_2026-07-13.pdf`, pp. 15-17, 46-47). See [[T030 - ACIN Incident-Report-Only Scope vs Investigative Data Services]].
> [!contradiction] Obtained grant versus unawarded proposal
> Section 5.1 says, "Grant funding has been obtained for the operation of the Network for the first three (3) years" (`AGR-201_El_Dorado_PD_MOU_EXECUTED_2026-05-15.pdf`, p. 2). The clearinghouse material conditions completion of the award form on receipt of funding, and the final custodian email says DOJ had not issued an award package or approved a final budget as of 2026-07-23 ([[ACIN Proposed Federal Grant and Budget]], `GRN-201_State_Clearinghouse_Signoff_Email_REDACTED_2026-07-06.eml`, plain-text body; Gmail message `19f93fc1866e1bee`). See [[T029 - ACIN Funding Obtained Language vs No Federal Award]].
## Draft cooperation agreement
`AGR-001_Interagency_Cooperation_Agreement_DRAFT_UNSIGNED_2026-03-07.pdf` invokes the Arkansas Interlocal Cooperation Act and proposes a separate cooperative framework. It differs from the MOU in several respects:
- Funding is "anticipated through Congressionally Directed Spending" rather than obtained (p. 2).
- It remains in effect indefinitely and uses a 90-day withdrawal period (p. 2).
- ACIN becomes an "operational multi-jurisdictional network" once ten public agencies execute; it continues while at least five remain, and dissolution requires a two-thirds vote (p. 3).
- Its board has one representative and one vote per participating agency, not only per RMS-contributing agency (p. 1).
The draft's signature fields are blank (p. 3). It therefore documents a proposed legal structure, not adoption of that structure.
## Agreement-status mismatch
`AGR-201` carries an El Dorado agency signature and a May 2026 execution date on its signature page. The later July 15 status table lists "El Dorado PD | Phase 2 | Not Signed" ([[ACIN Participant and Integration Status]], `STS-301_ACIN_Agency_Status_2026-07-15.pdf`, p. 1). Conversely, that table labels Bryant Police Department, Mountain Home Police Department, Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, and the Arkansas Attorney General's Office signed, although this 38-file folder has no standalone agreement bearing any of those names.
> [!contradiction] Produced agreements versus status roster
> The agreement files and the project-authored status table cannot both serve as a complete contemporaneous execution roster. El Dorado is the clearest direct conflict; several other "Signed" rows lack a correspondingly named standalone agreement in this production. See [[T032 - ACIN Participation Rosters and Agreement Status]].
## Open questions / follow-ups
- Obtain the executed master agreement roster, including current legal status, effective date, withdrawal, and data/access classification for each agency.
- Obtain governing-body resolutions or other authority for each intergovernmental agreement where required.
- Reconcile the MOU's 30-day withdrawal rule with the draft cooperation agreement's 90-day rule.
- Identify whether the interagency cooperation agreement was ever adopted and whether its ten-agency operational threshold was met.
- Produce the annual financial audit required by the MOU, or identify when the first audit becomes due.