[Adopted 8-16-1977 as Ord. No. 1417]
The Township of Cheltenham shall enter into
an intergovernmental agreement in accordance with the Joint Municipal
Activity Act of 1972, No. 180,[1] to receive and supply police protection in conformity
with the following guidelines:
A.
Organization.
(1)
The Chief of Police, or the commanding officer in
his absence, shall have authority to request assistance from other
municipalities in the event of emergency.
(2)
Only the Chief of Police or, in his absence, the officer
in command of the municipality in which the emergency occurs may request
assistance under this plan.
(3)
The employing Chief shall initiate the request for
assistance through the Montgomery County Communication Center in accord
with the procedure agreed upon by participating municipalities.
(4)
The Chief of Police of the requesting municipality
shall be the Commander in Chief of all personnel sent into an emergency.
(5)
Responding departments shall provide up to 10% of
their departmental strength when possible.
(6)
The responding police shall have the same authority
as that of the requesting department when acting in response to a
request for assistance pursuant to this agreement.
(7)
The District Attorney shall assign an Assistant District
Attorney to the requesting Chief, to act as legal supervisor.
(8)
The Sheriff shall immediately dispatch vans for transport
of prisoners if requested by the supervising Chief and shall determine
the availability of adult and juvenile detention facilities.
(9)
In every instance where aid is requested, personnel
supplied will be relieved of duty not more than eight hours after
reporting.
(10)
The participating Police Chiefs, together with Montgomery
County authorities, may establish procedures under which to implement
this agreement.
B.
Finances.
(1)
Montgomery County shall provide insurance to cover
liability of the mutual aid squad and its individual members. Each
municipality shall pay the cost of its own personnel when on duty
in an emergency covered by this agreement.
(2)
Montgomery County shall supply equipment required
by the mutual aid squad other than the regular issued equipment of
each member.
C.
Term of agreement. Any intergovernmental agreement
shall continue in effect until terminated by subsequent ordinance
of the Township. Said agreement shall be binding on all municipalities
adopting it.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 487
et seq.
