[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Butler 2-20-1992
as Ord. No. 1367. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bureau of Police — See Ch. 63.
The City of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, has evidenced its intent
to participate in the Butler County Task Force, activities designed to combat
the illegal possession and trafficking of narcotics and other illegal or controlled
drugs within its municipal boundaries as well as within the boundaries of
other near or adjacent communities through cooperation with the Pennsylvania
Office of Attorney General and other signatory municipalities.
A.
The City of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, hereby
adopts the agreement, which provides a framework for intergovernmental police
cooperation with various signatory municipalities under the terms of which
police officers of each such municipality shall be and are granted the authority
to officially act as police officers in any other signatory municipality,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, a copy of which is attached
hereto, made a part thereof, and marked Exhibit A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the city administrative offices.
B.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite, subject
to termination as provided in the agreement.
C.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are to foster
increased cooperation among the various signatory municipalities, to improve
drug law enforcement throughout the signatory municipalities, and to enhance
the skill and professionalism of police officers from each of the signatory
municipalities by, among other things, conferring authority upon police officers
to exercise official duties in other municipalities thereby reducing the law
enforcement problems relating to jurisdiction, territory or boundary issues.
Each municipality shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by
reason of action taken by its police officers pursuant to this agreement with
the assistance of funds supplied by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
The organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement, to
the extent that it is not set forth in the agreement itself, shall be covered
by directives, procedures and guidance from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney
General and other area police departments from municipalities which are signatories
to said Agreement.
All property, real or personal, which may be acquired, managed, licensed
or disposed of pursuant to this agreement shall be in accordance with both
the terms of the agreement as well as the directives, procedures and guidance
of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
The municipality shall retain responsibility for the management, direction
and control of its employees with assistance, financial or otherwise, from
the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
The entity created by this chapter shall be empowered to enter into
contracts for policies of group life insurance and employee benefits, including
social security, for its employees.
This chapter shall become effective upon the execution of the agreement
and enactment of ordinances by each of the municipalities who are or in the
future may become parties to this agreement.
