Members of the Borough of Dunellen Police Department
supplying emergency assistance to other municipalities shall have
the same powers and authority, as have the members of the Police Department
of the municipality in which said assistance is being rendered. Additionally,
said members shall also have, while so acting, said rights and immunities
as they may otherwise enjoy in the performance of their normal duties
within the Borough of Dunellen.
The Borough of Dunellen shall, upon providing
assistance to another municipality which has enacted a similar intermunicipal
assistance ordinance, assume the cost and expense of providing paid
personnel and equipment to the requesting municipality, excepting
such instances when the requesting municipality receives state or
federal aid as reimbursement. Therefore, in this event, the cost incurred
by the Borough shall be submitted to the municipality which requested
assistance, for reimbursement.
At such times that an emergency may occur and
intermunicipal police aid is requested, the Chief of Police of the
municipality wherein said emergency situation exists shall be the
senior ranking officer of all members of any Police Department rendering
assistance within the boundaries of said municipality.
In the event any member of a police force summoned
pursuant to an agreement to render assistance suffers injury or death
in the performance of his or her duties, he/she or his/her designee
or legal representative shall be entitled to such salary, pension
rights, workers' compensation or other benefits as would have accrued,
if such injury or death had occurred in the performance of his or
her normal duties.
A copy of this article shall be transmitted
to the Municipal Clerk of each municipality in Middlesex and parts
of Somerset and Union Counties, no later than five business days following
its adoption. The Municipal Clerk of the Borough of Dunellen shall
maintain a record of all such similar ordinances adopted by other
municipalities.