The Township of Woolwich hereby establishes
a reciprocal agreement with each and every municipality within the
County of Gloucester for intermunicipal police assistance at times
of any and all emergencies. This article shall become effective as
to each and every other municipality within the County of Gloucester
at such times that said municipality has in the past or may in the
future adopt an ordinance providing for the same terms and conditions
as set forth herein.
The Township of Woolwich hereby agrees to maintain
all expenses incurred by members of its Municipal Police Department
for emergency assistance rendered within or without the boundaries
of this community. The Township of Woolwich shall make no claim for
reimbursement from any municipality for damages, injuries, wages and
the like for aid rendered by the members of its Police Department
through any other community adopting an ordinance with the same terms
of this article.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1 et
seq, the members of the Police Department of the Township of Woolwich
and any other municipality passing an ordinance with the same terms
and conditions as this article while on duty rendering assistance
to any other municipality shall have the same powers, authority and
immunities as have the members of the police force of the municipality
in which such assistance is being rendered.
At such times that an emergency may occur and
intermunicipal police aid is requested, the Chief of Police of the
municipality wherein said emergency exists shall be the senior ranking
officer of all members of any Police Department which may be rendering
assistance within the confines of said municipality.