Tredyffrin Township, in accordance with the
provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (the Act of July
12, 1972, No. 180, Section 1 et seq., 53 P.S. § 481 et seq.,
as amended) (the "ICA") and the provisions of the Municipal Police
Jurisdiction Act (the Act of June 15, 1982, P.L. 512, No. 141., Section
4 et seq., 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8951 et seq., as amended) (the
"MPJA"), hereby enacts an ordinance implementing the provisions of
an agreement to be signed by Tredyffrin Township and one or more municipalities
in Chester County, Pennsylvania, providing for intermunicipal police
cooperation, and further implementing the provisions of a Municipal
Drug Task Force Agreement to be signed by Tredyffrin Township, the
Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
the Chester County District Attorney and other signatory municipalities
by and through which these entities shall coordinate and cooperate
to interdict the illegal use and trafficking of narcotics and other
controlled substances within the municipal boundaries of Tredyffrin
Township, as well as within the municipal boundaries of other signatory
municipalities in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The purposes and objectives of the IPCA include,
but are not limited to:
A. Improving law enforcement in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
especially in Tredyffrin Township and other signatory municipalities
of the IPCA by granting police officers authority to exercise official
duties in signatory municipalities, thereby alleviating problems of
arrests being determined improper or unlawful because of jurisdictional
or municipal boundary issues.
B. Enhancing the coordination of drug investigations
in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
C. Providing mutual police aid across jurisdictional
lines to enable police to more effectively enforce the provisions
of narcotic and controlled substance statutes, thereby preserving
the safety and welfare of persons in Tredyffrin Township and in the
other signatory municipalities.
The activities taken pursuant to the IPCA shall
be financed by funds furnished by or through the Office of the Attorney
General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (OAG) and the Chester
County District Attorney.
A Joint Police Advisory Board shall oversee
the implementation of the provisions of the IPCA. No property, real
or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed of in order to
effectuate the purposes set forth in the IPCA. The IPCA does not authorize
the entering into of policies of insurance or employee benefits.
The purpose and objectives of the MDTFA include,
but are not limited to, countywide coordination of police activities
in order to enhance the combating of illegal narcotic and controlled
substance trafficking and expediting and enhancing intergovernmental
cooperative activities with signatories to the MDTFA to enhance interdiction
of illegal drug and controlled substance activities.
The MDTFA shall be financed by funds supplied
by the OAG.
Any organization structure required to implement
the provisions of the MDTFA shall be established through such directives,
procedures and guidance as may be issued by the OAG, the Chester Count
District Attorney, the Tredyffrin Township Police Department and other
Police Departments whose municipalities are signatory to the MDTFA.
The acquisition, management or disposal of any
and all property, whether real or personal, acquired or to be acquired
pursuant to the provisions of the MDTFA shall be in accordance with
the terms of the MDTFA and such directives and procedures issued by
the OAG; the MDTFA does not authorize the entering into of policies
of insurance or employee benefits.
Tredyffrin Township shall remain responsible
and maintain responsibility for the management, control and direction
of its police officers, subject to such assistance (financial or otherwise)
supplied by the OAG.