[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Richland as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[The current Police Department Code of Conduct is on file in the township offices.]
[Adopted 6-8-1982 by Ord. No. 220]
There is hereby adopted and ratified an agreement for intergovernmental cooperation known as the "Municipal Drug Task Force Agreement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement."
[Amended 1-4-2000 by Ord. No. 272]
This agreement is entered into pursuant to the provisions of 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., relating to cooperation in governmental functions.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are as follows:
A. 
To enhance the coordination of drug investigations in the Cambria County area.
B. 
To provide for mutual police aid across jurisdictional lines to enable police to more effectively enforce the provisions of narcotics and illegal drug laws and thereby preserve the safety and welfare of the entire area.
C. 
To have available for use, throughout the territorial limits of all municipalities signing the mutual agreement, the services of police employed by any and all of said municipalities under the conditions set forth and in compliance with the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8953.
The agreement shall be subject to all the conditions and terms specified and set forth in the Municipal Drug Task Force Agreement, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein,[1] which include the manner and extent of financing the agreement, the powers and scope of authority delegated in the agreement and the manner in which property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed of.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipal Drug Task Force Agreement is on file in the township offices.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite, subject to termination by either municipality as provided in the agreement.