[Adopted 4-4-1982 as Ch. 16 of the 1981 Code]
A. 
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Norristown and only the Chief of Police shall have the authority to request assistance from the County of Montgomery and any other local governmental municipality which has adopted an ordinance participating in this Mutual Aid Pact Program in the event of an emergency situation covered by this Article.
B. 
The Chief of Police seeking emergency aid shall do so only by initiating the request for assistance through the Montgomery County Communications Center in accord with procedures promulgated and agreed upon by the participating local governmental municipalities.
C. 
The Chief of Police of the municipality requesting aid shall be the commander in chief of all personnel sent to support the requesting municipality at the time of the emergency and throughout the duration of the emergency, as well as being the Chief of the personnel of his own municipality.
D. 
Responding departments shall provide up to ten percent (10%) of their departmental strength whenever possible.
E. 
All responding police shall have the same authority as that of the requesting department when acting in response to requests for assistance pursuant to this agreement.
F. 
The Montgomery County District Attorney shall assign an Assistant District Attorney to the requesting Chief upon request of the requesting Chief to serve as legal adviser during the course of the emergency. The Montgomery County Sheriff shall immediately discharge any vans needed for transportation of prisoners upon request of the requesting Chief, and the Montgomery County Sheriff shall further determine the availability, if requested, of adult and juvenile detention facilities.
G. 
In each and every instance where aid is requested, personnel supplied will be relieved of duty not more than eight (8) hours after reporting for duty.
H. 
The participating Police Chiefs, together with Montgomery County authorities, may establish procedures in the nature of promulgating regulations to implement this agreement.
A. 
The County of Montgomery, through the Montgomery County Commissioners, shall provide all insurances to provide liability coverage for the Mutual Aid Squad and each of its individual members.
B. 
Each municipality shall pay the cost of its own personnel when on duty in an emergency covered by this agreement, whether the duty is within its own municipality or another municipality from which a request for aid was sought.
C. 
The County of Montgomery, through the Montgomery County Commissioners, shall supply equipment requested by the Mutual Aid Squad other than that which is regularly issued equipment of each member.
This Article shall continue in full force and effect until terminated by a subsequent ordinance of the Borough of Norristown. The agreement embodied in this Article may only be repealed by a repealer ordinance.