[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Yeadon as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1245 as
§ 234.01 of the 1995 Code]
The President of Council and the Borough Secretary
are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a mutual aid agreement
with adjacent municipalities wherein the Borough and each municipality
signatory to the agreement shall authorize police of each participating
municipality to answer calls, provide protection and services and
make arrests in another participating municipality, when requested
to do so, in the same manner and to the same extent as they would
in their own municipality.
The primary duty of the Borough is to provide
adequate police protection within its own geographical boundaries,
and compliance with requests for police assistance by another participating
municipality shall be voluntary and not compulsory for the Borough.
The extent of any police aid furnished by the
Borough for another participating municipality shall be determined
solely by the Borough, and such aid may be recalled at the discretion
of the Borough at any time.
All Borough police personnel who are furnished
to aid other municipalities shall work so far as possible under their
own supervisors and/or superintendent, and the equipment furnished
shall, to the extent possible, be operated solely by the personnel
of the Borough at all times.
The Borough shall not be required to pay any
charge or compensation to other parties to the agreement for services
rendered under such agreement. Services performed or expenditures
made by the Borough while furnishing mutual aid under such agreement
shall be deemed to be for the direct protection and benefit of the
inhabitants and property of the Borough.
Any police officer of the Borough furnishing
aid to another participating municipality shall at all times remain
the employee of the Borough, and the Borough, at all times, shall
be responsible for such officer's wages, workmen's compensation insurance
and all other benefits to which such officer may be entitled. The
Borough shall also be responsible for all other duties and responsibilities
pertaining to such police officer's employment.
The Borough shall have the right to withdraw
from the mutual aid agreement upon 30 days' written notice to each
of the other participating municipalities.
