[Added 3-20-2007]
It is the policy of the Carthage Police Department
to provide backup assistance to law enforcement officers from another
agency who request such backup assistance and to assist citizens outside
our jurisdiction in contacting an appropriate agency for emergency
request.
The purpose of this resolution is to establish
procedures in responding to another jurisdiction with which the Village
of Carthage has no intermunicipal agreement.
A.
Request from law enforcement agencies.
(1)
Absent an intermunicipal agreement, officers
shall not respond outside the limits of the Village of Carthage in
a lead role capacity.
(a)
Exception. In instances where a state of emergency
has been declared and where public peace is threatened or life and
property may be endangered, the Sheriff of Jefferson County is authorized
to order or request police officers to respond to matters outside
the Village of Carthage.
(2)
An officer shall respond as backup in a support
mode to a law enforcement officer who is actually in need of assistance.
The responding officer should not be the first officer on the scene.
(3)
The officer responding as backup shall return
to the limits of the Village as soon as there is sufficient coverage
at a particular scene.
B.
Responding to requests for assistance from citizens
for incidents which occur in another jurisdiction.
