[Adopted 9-11-1990 by Ord. No. 1990-8 (Ch. I, Part 5C, of the 1996 Code of Ordinances)]
There is hereby adopted and ratified an agreement for intergovernmental cooperation known as the "Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement," hereinafter referred to as the "agreement."
This agreement is entered into pursuant to the provisions of 53 P.S. §§ 483 and 485 relating to cooperation in governmental functions.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former 53 P.S. §§ 483 and 485 were repealed. See now the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
The purposes and objectives of the agreement are as follows:
A. 
To enhance the coordination of drug investigations in the Lycoming County area; and
B. 
To provide for mutual police aid across jurisdictional lines to enable police to more effectively enforce the provisions of narcotics and illegal drug laws and thereby to preserve the safety and welfare of the entire area; and
C. 
To have available for use throughout the territorial limits of all municipalities signing the mutual agreement, the services of police employed by any and all of the said municipalities, under the conditions set forth and in compliance with the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 8953.
The agreement shall be subject to all the conditions and terms specified and set forth in the "Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement" which is attached hereto,[1] and incorporated by reference herein which include the manner and extent of financing the agreement, the organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement, the powers and scope of authority delegated in the agreement, and the manner in which property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed or disposed of.
[1]
Editor's Note: The agreement among a number of municipalities in Lycoming County provides for cooperation in narcotics investigation and enforcement, establishment of a Joint Police Advisory Board in the Lycoming County Drug Task Force, and is on file in the Borough office.
The duration of the agreement shall be indefinite, subject to termination by any municipality as provided in the agreement.