[Adopted by Ord. No. 974-93 (Sec. 25-6 of the 1997
Revised General Ordinances)]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-26, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1 et seq., and N.J.S.A.
40A:14-146.8 et seq., there is hereby established a Mutual Aid Agreement with
all other municipalities in Cape May County, New Jersey, who adopt a reciprocal
ordinance to provide mutual police and/or mutual fire aid in case of emergency.
This agreement shall apply whenever the City of Cape May may have an emergency
within its boundaries requiring additional police assistance or additional
fire assistance to protect life and property or to assist in suppressing a
riot or disorder, whenever any other municipality in this county which has
enacted a reciprocal ordinance may experience a similar emergency requiring
additional police assistance and/or additional fire assistance.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10, a special law enforcement officer
under the supervision and direction of a full-time Chief of Police is hereby
authorized to perform his duties in any other municipality in Cape May County
which has enacted a reciprocal ordinance to provide mutual police aid and/or
mutual fire aid in case of emergency.
The Chief of Police of the City of Cape May is hereby authorized to
request assistance from the Police Chief of the Police Department of any other
municipality within Cape May County to provide aid during and after any police
emergency, provided that such other municipality has enacted an ordinance
which is reciprocal to the within ordinance. The Fire Chief of the City of
Cape May is hereby authorized to request assistance from the Fire Chief of
any other municipality within Cape May County to provide aid during or after
any fire emergency, provided that such other municipality has enacted an ordinance
which is reciprocal to the within ordinance.
The Chief of Police of the City of Cape May and/or the Fire Chief of
the City of Cape May shall provide the assistance which is so requested, provided
such other municipality has enacted a reciprocal ordinance to the within ordinance,
to any other municipality or municipalities in Cape May County, making a valid
request to supply such personnel and equipment as required to the extent possible
without endangering persons or property within the City of Cape May. The members
of the Police Department of the City of Cape May and/or members of the Cape
May Volunteer Fire Company, supplying such aid, shall have the same powers,
authority, rights and immunities of the members of the Police Department and/or
Fire Department of the municipality to which such assistance is rendered.
The City of Cape May shall, upon providing police assistance and/or
fire assistance to such other municipality which has enacted a reciprocal
ordinance to the within ordinance, assume the cost and expense of providing
its personnel and equipment to the requesting municipality, except in such
instances when the requesting municipality shall receive state or federal
aid by way of reimbursement. In the case that the requesting municipality
shall receive state or federal aid, the cost incurred in supplying such aid
to such other municipality shall be submitted, by voucher, to the municipality
to whom such assistance was rendered.
Members of the Police Department of the City of Cape May and/or members
of the Cape May Volunteer Fire Company, suffering injury, or their legal representatives
if death results while rendering assistance in another municipality, shall
be entitled to all of the benefits which they would have realized if their
injury or death had occurred in the performance of normal duties rendered
within the City of Cape May.
