[Adopted 10-5-1993 by Ord. No. 103]
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In accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., as amended, East Goshen Township is hereby authorized to enter into a Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement (MPCA) with other municipalities in Chester County, Pennsylvania, which will allow, inter alia, part-time and full-time police officers of each signatory municipality to pursue their official police duties within the territorial boundaries of all participating municipalities, subject to the terms and procedures of the MPCA.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in the Township offices.
B. 
Conditions of the MPCA shall conform substantially to those contained within the draft of the MPCA currently on file in the Township offices.
C. 
After execution of the MPCA by the Township, either the original or a duplicate copy of the executed MPCA shall be kept on file in the Township offices. As additional municipalities enter into or withdraw from the MPCA, the documents pertaining to these revisions shall be kept together on file in the Township offices.
The duration of the MPCA, and the Township's participation therein, shall be without specific term, but shall continue indefinitely subject to the Township's unqualified right to withdraw from the MPCA at any time following seven days' written notice to all participating municipalities of the Township's intention to withdraw.
The purposes and objectives of the MPCA include, but are not limited to:
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Improving law enforcement in Chester County, Pennsylvania, especially in East Goshen Township and other signatory municipalities to the MPCA by granting police officers of participating municipalities authority to exercise their official duties outside their primary territorial boundaries and within those of the signatory municipalities.
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Enhancing the coordination of controlled substance investigations in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and reducing legal issues associated with jurisdictional or municipal boundaries.
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Providing mutual police aid across jurisdictional lines to enable police to more effectively enforce the provisions of the controlled substance statutes, thereby enhancing the safety and welfare of persons in East Goshen Township and in the other signatory municipalities.
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Specifying the powers and scope of authority delegated by each participating municipality and describing that East Goshen Township shall delegate no greater power and authority than it receives or permanently delegate any power or authority.
Each signatory municipality shall be responsible for all expenses incurred by reason of actions taken by its police pursuant to the MPCA, no other financing being necessary or required to effectuate its purpose.
No additional formal organizational structure or entity is necessary to implement the provisions of the MPCA, nor will any property, real or personal, be acquired, managed or disposed of in order to effectuate the purposes contained in the MPCA. Each participating municipality shall be represented on a Joint Police Advisory Board, but this Board will not be an entity empowered to enter into group insurance or employee benefit contracts.
A. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2201 et seq., as amended) and the provisions of the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act (the Act of June 15, 1982, P.L. 512, No. 141, § 4, et seq., 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8951 et seq., as amended), East Goshen Township is hereby authorized to enter into a Municipal Drug Task Force Agreement (MDTFA) with the office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (OAG), the Chester County District Attorney's Office, and the signatory municipalities to the MPCA, by and through which these entities shall coordinate investigations, prosecutions, arrests, searches and other activities necessary to enforce the controlled substance and related criminal statutes within Chester County, Pennsylvania.
B. 
This aid and assistance offered by East Goshen Township to the OAG is in response to the request for aid and assistance made by the OAG to all municipal police departments as described in the MDTFA and as provided in the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8953(a)(3). As such, East Goshen Township and its police officers shall be afforded all rights, benefits and immunities described in the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A § 8953(d) when any Township police officer acts within the scope of the MDTFA.
C. 
East Goshen Township shall utilize the services of both part-time and full-time officers of its Police Department under the conditions contained in the MDTFA which shall conform substantially to the draft MDTFA currently on file in the Township offices.
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After execution of the MDTFA by the Township, either the original or a duplicate copy of the executed MDTFA shall be kept on file at all times in the Township offices. As additional municipalities enter into or withdraw from the MDTFA, the documents pertaining to these revisions shall be kept together on file at all times in the Township offices.
E. 
Pursuant to MDTFA, East Goshen Township shall establish appropriate procedures to comply with the MDTFA and relevant regulations as may be issued from time to time by the OAG and the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
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The duration of the MDTFA and the Township's participation therein shall be without specific term, but shall continue indefinitely subject to the Township's unqualified right to withdraw from the MDTFA at any time following 30 days' written notice to all participating entities of the Township's intention to withdraw.
B. 
If the OAG terminates the existence of the Drug Task Force created pursuant to the provisions of the MDTFA, the Township's participation in the MDTFA shall automatically terminate without further action of the Township Board of Supervisors, effective the date of such termination by the OAG.
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The purpose and objectives of the MDTFA include, but are not limited to, regional coordination of police activities in order to facilitate the enforcement of criminal statutes pertaining to illegal possession, use, manufacture, sale and distribution of controlled substances.
B. 
The MDTFA shall specify the powers and scope of authority delegated by each participating entity, but in no event shall East Goshen Township delegate greater power and authority than it receives or permanently delegate any power or authority.
The MDTFA shall be financed solely by funds supplied by the Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The OAG shall agree to reimburse East Goshen Township for any overtime incurred by its police in the performance of task force duties.
Any organizational structure required to implement the provisions of the MDTFA shall be jointly agreed to and established by the participating entities, but any such structure shall not be an entity empowered to enter into group insurance or employee benefit contracts.
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, the Controlled Substance Forfeitures Act[1] and any relevant directives and procedures issued by the OAG and the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
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Editor's Note: See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6801 et seq.
The Board of Supervisors hereby ordains that it may execute such amendments to the MPCA and MDTFA as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the purposes of this article and the agreements adopted pursuant hereto.