The Borough hereby authorizes and directs the President of Council and
the Borough Secretary to enter into a mutual aid agreement with adjacent municipalities
wherein the Borough and each municipality signatory to the agreement shall
authorize the police of every party to the agreement to answer calls, to provide
police protection and services and to make arrests in each municipality, when
requested, in the same manner and to the same extent as such police will perform
services in their own municipality.
The primary duty of the Borough of Marcus Hook is to provide adequate
police protection within its own geographical boundaries, and compliance with
requests for police assistance by any other signatory to the agreement shall
be voluntary and not compulsory for the Borough of Marcus Hook.
The extent of any police aid to be furnished by the Borough for any
other municipality shall be determined solely by the Borough, and the aid
furnished 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 as far as possible under their own supervisors and Chief of Police,
and the equipment furnished shall, to the extent possible, be operated solely
by the personnel of the Borough of Marcus Hook at all times.
The Borough shall not be required to pay any charge or compensation
to any other parties to the agreement for services rendered hereunder. Any
services performed or expenditures made in connection with the furnishing
of mutual aid under any agreement by the Borough 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 any other 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 said police officer may be entitled
and shall be responsible for all other duties and responsibilities pertaining
to his employment.
The Borough shall have the right to withdraw from the mutual aid agreement
upon 30 days' written notice to each of the other signatories to the agreement.