[Adopted 10-31-1991 by Ord. No. 6-1991]
The City of Monessen has evidenced its intent
to participate in the Westmoreland County Task Force activities designed
to combat the illegal possession and trafficking of narcotics and
other illegal or controlled drugs within its municipal boundaries
as well as within the boundaries of other near or adjacent communities
through cooperation with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
and other signatory municipalities.
The City of Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
hereby adopts the agreement which provides a framework for intergovernmental
police cooperation with various signatory municipalities under the
terms of which police officers of each such municipality shall be
and are granted the authority to officially act as police officers
in any other signatory municipality, subject to the terms and conditions
of the agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto, made a part
hereof and marked "Exhibit A."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Municipal Police Cooperative
Agreement, dated 10-31-1991, is on file in the City offices.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite,
subject to termination as provided in the agreement.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement
are to foster increased cooperation among the various signatory municipalities,
to improve drug law enforcement throughout the signatory municipalities
and to enhance the skill and professionalism of police officers from
each of the signatory municipalities by, among other things, conferring
authority upon police officers to exercise official duties in other
municipalities thereby reducing the law enforcement problems relating
to jurisdiction, territory or boundary issues.
The City of Monessen shall be responsible for
all expenses incurred by reason of action taken by its police officers
pursuant to this agreement with the assistance of funds supplied by
the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. The expenses are more
fully explained in the full text of the agreement, and the responsibility
of the City of Monessen and responsibility of the Office of Attorney
General are explained in full text of the agreement.
The organizational structure necessary to implement
the agreement, to the extent that it is not set forth in the agreement
itself, shall be covered by directives, procedures and guidance from
the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and other area police
departments from municipalities which are signatories to said agreement.
All property, real or personal, which may be
acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of pursuant to this agreement
shall be in accordance with both the terms of the agreement as well
as the directives, procedures and guidance of the Pennsylvania Office
of Attorney General.
The municipality shall retain responsibility
for the management, direction and control of its employees with assistance,
The entity created by this article shall be
empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group life insurance
and employee benefits, including social security, for its employees.
