[Adopted 4-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-8]
There is hereby adopted and ratified an agreement
for intergovernmental cooperation known as the "Municipal Police Cooperative
Agreement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in
the Township offices.
This agreement is entered into pursuant to the
provisions of 53 P.S. § 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 Northampton 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 to preserve the safety
and welfare of the entire area; and
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 Police Cooperative
Agreement, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference
herein,[1] which includes the manner and extent of financing the
agreement, the organizational structure necessary to implement 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: Said agreement is on file in
the Township offices.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite,
subject to termination by any municipality as provided in the agreement.
