[Adopted 9-28-1993 by Ord.
No. 1291]
The Borough shall cooperate with all other municipalities which adopt
a similar reciprocal ordinance providing for intermunicipal police assistance
in times of emergency.
Intermunicipal assistance will be provided if and when the Borough of
Middlesex has an emergency within its boundaries requiring additional police
assistance to protect life and property or to assist in suppressing a riot
or disorder and whenever another municipality, which has enacted a similar
reciprocal ordinance, may experience a similar emergency requiring additional
police assistance.
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Middlesex, or the highest ranking
officer on duty at the time, is hereby authorized to request assistance from
the Chief or the highest ranking officer on duty of the police departments
of other municipalities for intermunicipal police assistance during and/or
after an emergency situation.
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Middlesex or the highest ranking
officer on duty at the time shall provide assistance to another municipality
or municipalities making a valid request to supply such personnel and equipment,
to the extent possible, without endangering person or property within the
Borough of Middlesex.
Members of the Borough of Middlesex Police Department supplying emergency
assistance to another municipality shall have the same powers and authority,
as have the members of the police department of the municipality in which
said assistance is being rendered. Additionally, said members shall also have,
while so acting, said rights and immunities as they may otherwise enjoy in
the performance of their normal duties within the Borough of Middlesex.
The Borough of Middlesex shall, upon providing to another municipality
which has enacted a similar intermunicipal assistance ordinance, assume the
cost and expense of providing said personnel and equipment to the requesting
municipality, excepting such instances when the requesting municipality receives
state or federal aid as reimbursement therefor. In this event, the costs incurred
by the Borough shall be submitted to the municipality which requested assistance
for reimbursement.
At such times that an emergency may occur and intermunicipal police
aid is requested, the Chief of Police of the municipality wherein said emergency
situation exists shall be the senior ranking officer of all members of any
police department rendering assistance within the boundaries of said municipality.
In the event any member of a police force, summoned pursuant to an agreement
to render assistance, suffers injury or death in the performance of his or
her duties, he/she or his/her designee or legal representative shall be entitled
to such salary, pension rights, workers' compensation or other benefits as
would have accrued if such injury or death had occurred in the performance
of his or her normal duties.
A copy of this article shall be transmitted to the Municipal Clerk of
each municipality within Middlesex County and the Municipal Clerk in Bound
Brook, Somerset County, no later than five business days following its adoption.
The Clerk of the Borough of Middlesex shall maintain record of all such similar
ordinances adopted by other municipalities.