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Editor's Note: Prior ordinances codified herein include portions
of Ordinance Nos. 1176 and 8/3/77.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
The governing body of the City of Ocean City determines that
the public safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Ocean
City would be best served by mutual cooperation in event of emergency
between its police and fire departments and those of other municipalities.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
The Chief of Police of the City of Ocean City is hereby authorized
to request assistance from the Police Chief of the Police Department
of any other municipality within Cape May County or Atlantic County
to provide aid during and after any police emergency, provided that
such other municipality has enacted an ordinance which is reciprocal
to the within section. The Fire Chief of the City of Ocean City is
hereby authorized to request assistance from the Fire Chief of any
other municipality within Cape May County or Atlantic County to provide
aid during or after any fire emergency, provided that such other municipality
has enacted an ordinance which is reciprocal to the within ordinance.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
The Chief of Police of the City of Ocean City and/or the Fire
Chief of the City of Ocean City shall provide the assistance which
is so requested, provided such other municipality has enacted a reciprocal
ordinance to the within section, to any other municipality or municipalities
in Cape May County or Atlantic County, making a valid request to supply
such personnel and equipment as required to the extent possible without
endangering person or property within the City of Ocean City. The
members of the Police Department of the City of Ocean City and/or
members of the Ocean City Fire Department supplying such aid, shall
have the same powers, authority, rights and immunities of the members
of the Police Department and/or Fire Department of the municipality
to which assistance is rendered.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-146.10, a special law enforcement
officer under the supervision and direction of a full time Chief of
Police is hereby authorized to perform his duties in any other municipality
in Cape May County which has enacted a reciprocal ordinance to provide
mutual police aid and/or mutual fire aid in case of emergency.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
The City of Ocean City shall, upon providing police assistance
and/or fire assistance to such other municipality which has enacted
a reciprocal ordinance to the within ordinance, assume the cost and
expense of providing its personnel and equipment to the requesting
municipality, except in such instances when the requesting municipality
shall receive State or Federal aid by way of reimbursement. In the
case that the requesting municipality shall receive State or Federal
aid, the cost incurred in supplying such aid to such other municipality
shall be submitted, by Voucher, to the municipality to which such
assistance was rendered.
[Ord. #92-28, § 1]
Members of the Police Department of the City of Ocean City and/or
members of the Fire Department of the City of Ocean City suffering
injury, or their legal representatives if death results while rendering
assistance in another municipality, shall be entitled to all of the
benefits which they would have realized if their injury or death had
occurred in the performance of normal duties rendered within the City
of Ocean City.
