[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dryden as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-24-1996 (Sec. 10606 of the 1996 Code)]
The Police Chief or Officer in charge shall be appointed by the Village Board and have all the duties and powers prescribed by law and this Code.
[Adopted by L.L. No. 2-2005 (Art. 290 of the 1996 Code); amended in its entirety 8-18-2005 by L.L. No. 5-2005]
The Chief of Police of the Village of Dryden, whenever he/she deems it to be in the public interest, may request the chief executive officer, or Chief of Police if so designated by local law, of any other local government to detail, assign or make available for duty and use in the Village of Dryden any part of the forces, equipment and/or supplies of its Police Department or police force. The Chief of Police will notify the Village of Dryden Mayor or, in his/her absence, the Deputy Mayor, of said request for assistance as expeditiously as possible.
The Chief of Police of the Village of Dryden is hereby authorized to provide assistance of the regularly employed law enforcement officers, equipment and/or supplies of the Village of Dryden Department of Police to any municipality requesting such assistance from the Village of Dryden, to aid in coping with situations where there exists in such other municipality a need for the service of additional law enforcement officers, equipment, and/or supplies to protect the health, life and property of such other municipality, its inhabitants and the visitors thereto. The Chief of Police will notify the Village of Dryden Mayor or, in his/her absence, the Deputy Mayor, of said provision of assistance as expeditiously as possible.
The request for assistance by the Village of Dryden and the offer of assistance by the Village of Dryden shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 209-m of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York. Any term not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning and effect as set forth in said state law.