[Adopted 11-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-5]
The Township Commissioners of the Township of
Upper Gwynedd hereby signify their desire to participate in the Police
Chiefs' Association of Montgomery County Mutual Aid Plan ("the plan")
and available county emergency services or supplies which provide
for the receipt and/or supplying of police protection under situations
created by civil disobedience and/or natural disasters.
Participation in the plan will be in accordance
with the standard operating procedure developed by the Mutual Aid
Committee of Police Chiefs' Association of Montgomery County, setting
forth the procedure and defining the methods to be used in requesting
aid; the county agencies participating and the services to be rendered
by them; the procedures for participating police departments; insurance
protection; responsibility for equipment; defining the responsibilities
of all police departments in the county responding to the call for
assistance.
The Chief of Police of the Upper Gwynedd Township
Police Department or the officer in charge in the Chief's absence
shall have the following power and authority:
A.
To request assistance from other municipalities in
the event of an emergency situation created by civil disobedience
and/or natural disaster occurring within the Township of Upper Gwynedd.
The request for such assistance shall be made to the Montgomery County
Communications Center in accordance with procedures established by
the municipalities participating in the plan.
B.
To be in charge of all personnel sent to the Township
of Upper Gwynedd in response to the request for assistance.
C.
To provide up to 25% of the Department's strength,
if possible, when responding to a request for assistance in another
municipality.
D.
The Chief of Police of the Township of Upper Gwynedd
Police Department may join with the Chiefs of Police of other participating
municipalities and authorities in Montgomery County to establish the
procedure necessary to implement this plan.
The police personnel responding to a request
for assistance in the Township of Upper Gwynedd shall have the same
authority as the Township of Upper Gwynedd police personnel. Upper
Gwynedd Township police personnel responding to a request for assistance
in another municipality shall have the same authority of the police
personnel of the requesting municipality.
The Chief of Police of the Township of Upper
Gwynedd Police Department shall, at the time of requesting assistance,
request the District Attorney of Montgomery County to provide an Assistant
District Attorney to act as legal supervisor, and the District Attorney
shall assign such Assistant District Attorney.
If requested by the Chief of Police of the Township
of Upper Gwynedd Police Department during an emergency within the
Township of Upper Gwynedd, the Sheriff of Montgomery County shall
dispatch vans for the transportation of prisoners, and the Sheriff
shall determine the availability of detention facilities for adults
and juvenile prisoners.
Upper Gwynedd Township shall pay the costs of
its own personnel called to duty in an emergency situation as defined
under the Mutual Aid Plan.
