The city hereby adopts in all respects the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, sec. 362.001 et seq., entitled “Law Enforcement Services Provided Through Cooperation of Municipalities, Counties, and Certain Other Local Governments.”
(1984 Code, sec. 16-1; 1998 Code, sec. 8.601)
The city, acting by and through its mayor, mayor pro tem or, in their absence or inability to act, the chief of police, may send or direct any of its regularly employed law enforcement officers to assist any county or other municipality, when a request is received for assistance from the mayor, or other officer authorized to declare a state of civil emergency, in such other municipality or county, representing that there exists in such county or other municipality a need for additional law enforcement officers to protect health, life and property of such county or other municipality or its inhabitants, and the visitors thereof, by reason of riot, unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force and violence, or threat by three (3) or more persons acting together or without lawful authority, or during the time of natural or man-made calamity.
(1984 Code, sec. 16-2; 1998 Code, sec. 8.602)
When law enforcement officers of the city are sent to another municipality or a county, they shall be in all things subject to the provisions of the state law adopted by section 9.02.141. Such officer shall be considered a peace officer of the county or other municipality under the command of the law enforcement officer therein who is in charge in that municipality or county and, as provided by such state law, shall be vested with all the powers of a regular law enforcement officer in the county or other municipality. Such law enforcement officers of the city shall be considered under the terms of such state law and shall be entitled to the same wage, salary, pension and all other compensations while performing police duties outside of the territorial limits of the city as though the same services were being rendered in the city. The city shall pay to the officers such wages, salary, pension and other benefits, together with medical, travel, food, lodging and other expenses incurred on account of performing services outside of the territorial limits of the city, and the city shall be reimbursed by the county or other municipality requesting the services out of which such payments and expenses arose, as is provided by state law.
(1984 Code, sec. 16-3; 1998 Code, sec. 8.603)