[Amended 7-19-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
The Borough of Woodbury Heights hereby establishes and authorizes
a reciprocal agreement with each and every municipality within the
County of Gloucester for intermunicipal police assistance at times
of any and all emergencies. This shall become effective as to each
and every other municipality within the County of Gloucester at such
times that said municipality has in the past or may in the future
adopt an ordinance providing for the same terms and conditions as
set forth herein in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1 et seq.
The City of Woodbury Police Department, as agent for the Borough of
Woodbury Heights, and any other municipality passing an ordinance
with the same terms and conditions as this section while on duty rendering
assistance to any other municipality shall have the same powers, authority
and immunities as have the members of the police force of the municipality
in which such assistance is being rendered.
Any references to the Woodbury Heights Police Department in
the Borough Code shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the City of
Woodbury Police Department as the provider of police protection services
within the Borough of Woodbury Heights.
Subject to the provisions of this Ord. No. 11-2023 and to the
extent authorized by law, the City of Woodbury Police Department is
hereby designated as the enforcing agency for Borough Ordinances of
the Borough of Woodbury Heights and is hereby authorized to carry
out the police functions of the Borough as required by law and in
accordance with the Shared Services Contract for Police Services between
the City of Woodbury and the Borough of Woodbury Heights.
[Former §§ 26-2, Municipal expenses, and 26-3,
Intermunicipal authority, were repealed 7-19-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023. Prior history includes Ord. No. 2-1977.]
At such times as an emergency may occur and intermunicipal police
aid is requested, the Chief of Police of the municipality wherein
the emergency exists shall be the senior ranking officer of all members
of any Police Department which may be rendering assistance within
the confines of said municipality.