[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of Lower Frederick Township 1-5-2009 by Ord. No. 09-02. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is hereby ordained that the Lower Frederick
Police Department shall affiliate itself with the Montgomery County
Drug Task Force and shall maintain and disperse drug intelligence,
coordinate appropriate assistance for officers with their investigations
and provide yearly up-to-date training in cooperation with the Montgomery
County District Attorney's Office.
Such affiliation is entered into pursuant to
the provisions and authorization set forth in Pennsylvania statute
53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., as amended, relating to intergovernmental
cooperation action and intergovernmental cooperative agreements.
The purpose and objective of the Task Force
is to foster improved governmental cooperation between the Township
of Lower Frederick and other similarly situated communities or municipal
corporations throughout Montgomery County and the Office of the District
Attorney for the County of Montgomery, by authorizing police officers
to exercise their official duties as further directed and controlled
by the Drug Task Force in and among these several municipalities of
Montgomery County to further provide for mutual police aid across
such jurisdictions to enforce the provisions of narcotic and drug
laws thereby preserving the safety and welfare of the entire community
and to further make available the services of police employed by any
and all said participating municipalities in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth in the agreement and the Municipal Police
Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa. C.S.A § 8953.
Such affiliation shall be subject to all of
the terms and conditions set forth in the Montgomery County Drug Task
Force Guidelines, including but not limited to issues of financing,
organizational structure, powers and scope of delegated authority,
acquisition and management of property, both real and personal, and
such other terms as may be necessary to implement said program. A
true and correct copy of the Guidelines is attached here and made
part of this chapter as Exhibit A.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Montgomery County Drug
Task Force Guidelines, attached to Ordinance No. 09-02 as Exhibit
A, are on file in the Township offices.
The duration of the affiliation shall be indefinite,
subject to termination by the adoption of a repealing or terminating
ordinance or resolution on behalf of the Township of Lower Frederick.
