The Borough of Tarentum has evidenced its intent to participate in the
T. N. T. 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 Borough of Tarentum 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.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite, subject to termination
as provided in the agreement.
The purposes and objective 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.
Each municipality 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 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, financial or otherwise, from
the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.
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.