[Added 4-9-1991 by Ord. No. 4131]
A. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1, there is hereby established a mutual aid agreement with all other municipalities in Union County, New Jersey, who adopt a reciprocal ordinance to provide mutual police aid in case of emergency. This agreement shall apply whenever the Township of Union may have an emergency within its boundaries requiring additional police assistance to protect life and property or to assist in suppressing a riot or disorder; and whenever another municipality in this county has enacted a reciprocal ordinance may experience a similar emergency requiring additional police assistance.
B. 
The Director of Public Safety or the commanding officer of the Police Division is authorized to request assistance from the Chief or other head of the Police Department of another municipality within Union County to provide aid during and after said emergency.
C. 
The Director of Public Safety or the commanding officer of the Police Division of the Township of Union shall provide assistance to another municipality or municipalities in Union County, making a valid request to supply such personnel and equipment as required to the extent possible without endangering person or property within the Township of Union. The members of the Police Division supplying aid shall have the same powers, authority, rights and immunities of the members of the police force of the municipality to which assistance is rendered.
D. 
The Township of Union shall, upon providing assistance to another municipality who has enacted a reciprocal mutual aid ordinance, assume the cost and expense of providing its personnel and equipment to the requesting municipality, except in such instances when the requesting municipality receives state or federal aid by way of reimbursement. In such circumstances, the cost incurred shall be submitted to the community requesting assistance.
E. 
Members of the police force of the Township of Union suffering injury, or their legal representatives, if death results, while rendering assistance in another municipality, shall be entitled to all such benefits they would have realized if injury or death had occurred in the performance of normal duties in the Township of Union.
F. 
A copy of this article shall be transmitted to the Municipal Clerk of each municipality within the County of Union no later than five business days following adoption. The Clerk of the Township of Union shall maintain a record of all such ordinances adopted by other municipalities within the County of Union.