The Board of Trustees hereby adopts § 18 of the Public Officers
Law and confers the benefits thereof upon all village officers and employees.
The village shall provide for the defense of any village officer or
employee in any civil action or proceeding arising out of any alleged act
or omission in which it is alleged that the officer or employee has violated
the civil rights of the claimant, petitioner or plaintiff under Sections 1981
and 1983 of the United States Civil Rights Act. The village shall indemnify
and save harmless such officer or employee in the amount of any judgment or
settlement of claim obtained against such officer or employee. Such legal
defense and indemnification shall be provided where the officer or employee,
at the time of such alleged act or omission, was acting in good faith and
within the scope of his or her public employment, powers or duties. The provisions
of this section shall be in addition to any other statute, local law or enactment
providing legal defense and indemnification in civil actions brought against
such officer or employee.