[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Commissioners of Caroline
County as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-4-2020 by Bill No. 2020-1[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This bill also repealed former Article I, Regional
Law Enforcement Compact, adopted 2-10-2015 by Bill No. 2015-1.
A.Â
The County
Commissioners are authorized by Maryland law, through the Criminal
Procedure Article, §§ 2-102 and 2-105, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, to:
(1)Â
Provide
for the use of interagency police services in the form of a regional
law enforcement compact, which may also be referred to as a "mutual
aid agreement" in the regular routine for legislative enactment.
(2)Â
Determine
the circumstances under which the Sheriff's police officers and other
officers, agents, and employees of the County, together with all necessary
equipment, may lawfully go or be sent beyond the boundaries of the
County to any place within or outside the state.
B.Â
The Sheriff's
officers and other officers, agents, and employees coming from one
county to another or from one municipal corporation to another under
a mutual aid agreement herein authorized may enforce the laws to the
same extent as authorized law enforcement officers of Caroline County
or the town.
C.Â
Acts done
by the Sheriff or other officers, agents, or employees of the County
under the authority of a mutual aid agreement, and the expenditures
made by the County, are considered to be for a public and governmental
purpose.
D.Â
The County
Commissioners have determined that mutual aid agreements are in the
interest of the general health, safety, and welfare of the residents
of the County. Because such agreements facilitate vital sharing of
public safety resources and set forth the terms for assistance, the
County Commissioners deem that any legislation to authorize a mutual
aid agreement shall be considered emergency legislation.
A.Â
The County,
acting through its Sheriff's officers or other officers, agents, or
employees for a public or governmental purpose beyond its boundaries
under a mutual aid agreement authorized by this Article, or other
lawful authority, has the same immunities from liability that the
County and/or municipal corporation has when acting through its Sheriff's
officers, police departments or other officers, agents, or employees
for a public or governmental purpose within its boundaries.
B.Â
Parties
to any mutual aid agreement authorized by this Article shall have
the same immunity from liability described in § 5-612 of
the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and regulations,
and the same pension, relief, disability, workers' compensation, and
other benefits as those persons have while performing their duties
within the boundaries of the county or municipal corporation.
C.Â
Parties
to any mutual aid agreement authorized under this Article waive any
and all claims against all other parties to any such agreement and
that may arise out of their activities outside their respective jurisdictions
under such agreements.
D.Â
To the extent
permitted by law, the parties to any mutual aid agreement authorized
under this Article indemnify and hold harmless the other parties to
any such agreement from all claims by third parties for property damage
or personal injury and that may arise out of the activities of the
other parties to the agreement outside their respective jurisdictions
under the agreement.
The provisions of any mutual aid agreement authorized under
this Article are declared to be severable. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of such agreements are for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, the same shall be deemed separate, distinct, and independent
from, and such holding shall not affect the validity of, the remaining
portions of such agreements, it being the intent of the County that
any agreement authorized under this Article shall stand, notwithstanding
the invalidity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion hereof.
A.Â
The Regional
Law Enforcement Compact Among and Between the Town of Denton, the
Town of Ridgely, the Town of Federalsburg, the Town of Greensboro,
the Town of Preston, and the Caroline County Sheriff's Office of Caroline
County, Maryland is attached hereto,[1]incorporated herein, and is hereby adopted as presented
and as may be modified time to time pursuant to the annual review
required by Paragraph 13 of the agreement.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Regional Law Enforcement Compact is on
file in the County offices.
B.Â
The Law
Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement Among and Between the County Commissioners
of Caroline County, Maryland, the Sheriff of Caroline County, Maryland,
and the Mayor and Town Council of Easton, on behalf of the Easton
Police Department is attached hereto,[2] incorporated herein, and is hereby adopted as presented
and as may be modified time to time pursuant to the annual review
required by Section 4(i) of the Agreement.
[Added 8-4-2020 by Bill No. 2020-2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement is
on file in the County Offices.
C.Â
The Law
Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement among and between the County Commissioners
of Caroline County, Maryland, the Sheriff of Caroline County, Maryland;
the County Executive, County Council, and Sheriff of Wicomico County;
the County Commissioners and Sheriff of Somerset County; the County
Commissioners and Sheriff of Worcester County; the County Council
and Sheriff of Dorchester County; the County Council and Sheriff of
Talbot County; the County Commissioners and Sheriff of Queen Anne's County;
the County Commissioners and Sheriff of Kent County; and the County
Executive, County Council, and Sheriff of Cecil County is attached
hereto, incorporated herein, and is hereby adopted as presented.[3]
[Added 8-17-2021 by Bill No. 2021-1]
[3]
Editor's Note: The Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement is
on file in the County offices.