[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Cranford as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 7-23-1991 by Ord. No. 91-24 (Ch. 34, Art. I, of the 1992 Code)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1, there is hereby established
a mutual aid agreement with all other municipalities in Union County,
New Jersey, which adopt a reciprocal ordinance to provide mutual police
aid in case of emergency. This agreement shall apply whenever the
Township of Cranford may have an emergency within its boundaries requiring
additional police assistance to protect life and property or to assist
in suppressing a riot or disorder and whenever another municipality
in the county which has entered a reciprocal ordinance may experience
a similar emergency requiring additional police assistance.
The Chief or head of the Police Department of the Township of
Cranford is authorized to request assistance from the Chief or other
head of the Police Department of another municipality within Union
County to provide aid during and after said emergency.
A.
The Chief or head of the Police Department of the Township of Cranford
shall provide assistance to another municipality or municipalities
in Union County making a valid request to supply such personnel and
equipment as required to the extent possible without endangering persons
or property within the Township of Cranford.
B.
The members of the Police Department supplying aid shall have the
same powers, authority, rights and immunities as the members of the
police force of the municipality to which assistance is rendered.
The Township of Cranford shall, upon providing assistance to
another municipality which has enacted a reciprocal mutual aid ordinance,
assume the cost and expense of providing its personnel and equipment
to the requesting municipality, except in such instances when the
requesting municipality receives state or federal aid by way of reimbursement.
In such circumstances, the cost incurred shall be submitted to the
community requesting assistance.
Members of the police force of the Township of Cranford suffering
injury, or their legal representatives if death results, while rendering
assistance in another municipality shall be entitled to all such benefits
they would have realized if injury or death had occurred in the performance
of normal duties in the Township of Cranford.
A copy of this article shall be transmitted to the Municipal
Clerk of each municipality within the County of Union no later than
five business days following adoption. The Clerk of the Township of
Cranford shall maintain a record of all such ordinances adopted by
other municipalities within the County of Union.
