Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-156.1, there is
hereby established a mutual aid agreement with all other municipalities
in Atlantic County, New Jersey, who adopt a reciprocal ordinance to
provide mutual police aid in case of emergency. This agreement shall
apply whenever Mullica Township may have an emergency within its boundaries
requiring additional police assistance to protect life and property
or to assist in suppressing a riot or disorder and whenever another
municipality in this county who has enacted a reciprocal ordinance
may experience a similar emergency requiring additional police assistance.
The Chief or head of the Police Department of
Mullica Township is authorized to request assistance from the Chief
or other head of the Police Department of another municipality within
Atlantic County to provide aid during and after said emergency.
The Chief or head of the Police Department of
Mullica Township shall provide assistance to another municipality
or municipalities in Atlantic County making a valid request to supply
such personnel and equipment as required to the extent possible without
endangering person or property within Mullica Township. The members
of the Police Department supplying aid shall have the same powers,
authority, rights and immunities of the members of the police force
of the municipality to which assistance is rendered.
Mullica Township shall, upon providing assistance
to another municipality who has enacted a reciprocal mutual aid ordinance,
assume the cost and expense of providing its personnel and equipment
to the requesting municipality, except in such instances when the
requesting municipality receives state or federal aid by way of reimbursement.
In such circumstances, the cost incurred shall be submitted to the
community requesting assistance.
Members of the police force of Mullica Township
suffering injury, or their legal representatives if death results,
while rendering assistance in another municipality shall be entitled
to all such benefits they would have realized if injury or death had
occurred in the performance of normal duties in Mullica Township.