The Borough of Dravosburg has evidenced its intent to participate in
the Southwest Hills Task Force 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 the Attorney
General and other signatory municipalities.
The Borough of Dravosburg hereby adopts agreements which provide 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 hereby granted the authority to officially act as police officers
in any other signatory municipality, subject to the terms and conditions of
the agreements, copies of which are attached hereto, made a part hereof, and
marked Exhibits A and B.
The duration of the agreements shall be indefinite, subject to termination
as provided in the agreements.
Each municipality shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by
reason of action taken by its police officers pursuant to the agreements with
the assistance of funds supplied by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney
General.
The organizational structure necessary to implement the agreements,
to the extent that it is not set forth in the agreements, shall be covered
by directives, procedures, and guidance from the Pennsylvania Office of the
Attorney General and other area police departments from municipalities which
are signatories to said agreements.
All property, real or personal, which may be acquired, managed, licensed
or disposed of pursuant to the agreements shall be in accordance with both
the terms of the agreements as well as the directives, procedures, and guidance
of the Pennsylvania Office of the 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 the Attorney General.
The entities 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 agreements.