It is the purpose of this chapter to facilitate the process by which
a municipality may grant or request police assistance from another municipality.
The General Municipal Law, § 209-m, authorizes the Supervisor of
the Town of Manlius to grant or request police assistance. General Municipal
Law § 209-m authorizes the town to delegate this authority to its
Police Chief by adoption of a local law. Pursuant to this chapter, such authority
shall be delegated to the Town of Manlius Chief of Police. For purposes of
this chapter, the phrase "Chief of Police" shall have the same meaning and
intent as is set forth in the General Municipal Law § 209-m, Subdivision
1c.
The Chief of Police of the Town of Manlius, whenever he deems it to
be in the public interest, may request any police chief, commissioner or officer
acting in command of the Police Department of any other local government to
detail, assign or make available for duty and use in the Town of Manlius any
part of the forces, equipment and supplies of such Police Department. The
Chief of Police will notify the Town Supervisor or, in his/her absence, the
Town Board, of said request for assistance as expeditiously as possible.
The Chief of Police of the Town of Manlius is hereby authorized to provide
the assistance of the regularly employed law enforcement officers, equipment
and/or supplies of the Town of Manlius Police Department to any municipality
requesting such assistance, to aid in coping with situations where there exists
in such other municipality a need for the service of additional law enforcement
officers, their equipment and/or supplies to protect the health, life and
property of such other municipality, its inhabitants and the visitors thereto.
The Chief of Police will notify the Town Supervisor or, in his/her absence,
the Police Committee Chairman (a member of the Town Board), of said provision
of assistance as expeditiously as possible.
The assistance offered by the Town of Manlius shall be in accordance
with the provisions of § 209-m of the General Municipal Law of the
State of New York.