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Township of Upper Moreland, PA
Montgomery County
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The Chief of Police (or his designee) shall have the authority to request assistance from other municipalities in the event of emergency. Only the chief of police (or in his absence, the recognized designee) in the municipality in which the emergency occurs may request assistance under this plan.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The employing chief shall initiate the request for assistance through the Montgomery County Communications Center, in accordance with the procedure agreed upon by participating municipalities.
The chief of police of the requesting municipality shall be the commander in chief of all personnel sent into an emergency.
Responding departments shall provide up to 10% of their departmental strength when possible. The responding police shall have the same authority as that of the requesting department when acting in response to a request for assistance pursuant to this agreement.
The District Attorney shall assign an Assistant District Attorney to the requesting chief, to act as legal supervisor.
The Sheriff shall immediately dispatch vans for transport of prisoners, if requested by the supervising chief, and shall determine the availability of adult and juvenile detention facilities.
In every instance where aid is requested, personnel supplied will be relieved of duty not more than eight hours after reporting.
The participating police chiefs, together with Montgomery County authorities, may establish procedures under which to implement this agreement. (Note: The Montgomery County Police Chiefs' Association, in cooperation with the Montgomery County District Attorney, Montgomery County Sheriff, and Montgomery County Department of Public Safety, has developed a comprehensive Mutual Aid Plan (MAP May 2004 — PCAMC and amendments) which addresses various emergency and mutual aid needs. In addition, the Moreland Area Emergency Response Team, Montgomery County Field Force and Major Incident Response Team have been designated to respond when necessary as part of a focused response to particular emergency or crisis situations. September 2006.)