[Adopted 8-9-1977 by Ord. No. 441, approved
8-15-1977 (Ch. 28, Art. III, of the 1975 Code)]
A. The Chief of Police, or the commanding officer in
his absence, shall have authority to request assistance from other
municipalities in the event of an emergency. Only the Chief of Police
or, in his absence, the officer in command of the Police Department
in the municipality in which the emergency occurs may request assistance
under this plan.
B. The employing Chief shall initiate the request for
assistance through the Montgomery County Communications Center in
accord with the procedure agreed upon by the participating municipalities.
The Chief of Police of the requesting municipality shall be the commander
in chief of all personnel sent into the municipality in an emergency.
C. Responding departments shall provide up to 10% of
their departmental strength whenever possible. The responding police
shall have the same authority as the requesting department when acting
in response to a request for assistance pursuant to this agreement.
D. The District Attorney of Montgomery County shall assign
an Assistant District Attorney to the requesting Chief to act as a
legal supervisor, when possible.
E. The Sheriff of Montgomery County shall immediately
dispatch vans for transportation of prisoners, if requested by the
supervising Chief, and shall determine the availability of adult and
juvenile detention facilities.
F. In every instance where aid is requested, personnel
supplied will be relieved of duty not more than eight hours after
reporting.
G. The participating Police Chiefs, together with the
Montgomery County authorities, may establish procedures under which
to implement this agreement.
A. Montgomery County shall provide insurance to cover
liability of the Mutual Aid Squad and its individual members. Each
municipality shall pay for the cost of its own personnel when on duty
in an emergency covered by this agreement.
B. Montgomery County shall supply equipment required
by the Mutual Aid Squad other than the regular issued equipment of
each member.
This agreement shall continue in effect until
terminated by subsequent ordinance of the Borough of Bridgeport. This
agreement is binding on all municipalities adopting it.
The purpose and objectives of this agreement
are to provide assistance and cooperation in the proper handling of
police emergencies in the Borough of Bridgeport.