[HISTORY: Adopted Orangetown Town Board 2-9-1981 by Local Law
1, 1981. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Orangetown as
follows:
The Chief of Police of the Town of Orangetown, whenever he deems
the public interest requires it, may request the chief executive officer
of any other local government to detail, assign, make available for
duty and use in the Town of Orangetown any part of the forces, equipment
and supplies of the Police Department, police force or parkway police
force of the local government of which the request is made.
The Chief of Police of the Town of Orangetown Police Department
is hereby authorized to provide the assistance of the regularly employed
law enforcement officers, equipment and/or supplies of the Town of
Orangetown to any Police Department within Rockland County and the
Town of Tuxedo and Village of Tuxedo Park requesting such assistance
to aid in coping with situations where there exists in such other
municipality a need for the services of additional law enforcement
officers, their equipment and/or supplies to protect the health, life
and property of such other municipality, its inhabitants and the visitors
thereto.
The loss, damage, expense and cost for such personnel, equipment
and/or supplies shall be assumed by the Town of Orangetown, pursuant
to § 209-m, Subdivision 5, of the General Municipal Law.
The assistance offered shall be in accordance with the provisions
of § 209-m of the General Municipal Law of the State of
New York and the provisions of an agreement for mutual aid for supplemental
police assistance with all other towns, villages or other municipalities
within Rockland County who execute said agreement.
As used in this local law, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Shall be interchangeable with the terms "Federal Bureau of
Investigation," "State Police," "Sheriff's Department of Rockland
County," "Palisades Interstate Park Police" or any other police agency.
This local law shall take effect immediately.
