[Adopted 12-3-1990 by Ord. No. 202]
There is hereby adopted and ratified an Agreement for Intergovernmental
Cooperation known as the "Municipal Police ÔÇö Mutual
Aid Agreement," hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement."
The purposes and objectives of the Agreement are as follows:
A. To enhance the coordination of drug investigation in the Northampton
County Area;
B. To provide for mutual police aid across jurisdictional lines to enable
designated police to more effectively enforce the provisions of narcotics
and illegal drug law and thereby 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 designated
police employed by any and all of 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 Drug Task Force Agreement which is
attached hereto, and incorporated by reference herein,
which include the manner and extent of financing the Agreement,
the organizational framework, and the manner in which property shall
be acquired, managed or disposed of.
The duration of the Agreement shall be indefinite, subject to
termination by any municipality, as to that municipality, as is provided
in the Agreement.
