[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Bedford: Art.
I, 12-5-1989 as L.L. No. 7-1989. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Officers and employees — See Ch. 17.
Article I County Mutual Aid and Assistance
§ 20-1 Purpose.
§ 20-2 Definitions.
§ 20-3 Participation.
§ 20-4 Requests for assistance.
§ 20-5 Included services.
§ 20-6 Control and direction.
§ 20-7 Costs incurred.
§ 20-8 Conditions.
§ 20-9 Withdrawal from plan.
§ 20-10 Responsibility for administration.
§ 20-11 Authorization to enter agreement.
§ 20-12 Penalties for offense.
[Adopted 12-5-1989 as L.L. No. 7-1989]
§ 20-1 Purpose.
The purpose of this Article is to authorize the Town of Bedford's
participation in the establishment of a formal plan by which each member municipality
of the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan makes its
police personnel and equipment available to the other member municipalities
when a condition exists that is beyond the scope of its own police resources.
§ 20-2 Definitions.
In consideration of the terms and conditions contained herein, the following
definitions shall apply:
- ASSISTING MUNICIPALITY
- The municipality providing assistance to the requesting municipality pursuant to the terms of the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan.
- CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- The officer within the Town of Bedford who is authorized to request or grant a request for police assistance from another municipality. For the purposes of this Article, the Police Chief or other official in command, or acting in command, of the Town of Bedford Police Department, shall be deemed the "Chief Executive Officer."
- DEPARTMENT HEAD
- The Police Chief or other official in command or acting in command of a Police Department.
- EMERGENCY
- Shall have its common dictionary definition.
- MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ZONE
- For the purposes of this Article, the Town of Bedford is located in Zone No. 5, which includes the following municipalities: New Castle, Mount Kisco, North Castle and Bedford.
- REQUESTING MUNICIPALITY
- The municipality requesting the assistance of the police force of another municipality pursuant to the terms of the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan.
§ 20-3 Participation.
The Town of Bedford's participation in the Westchester County Police
Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan is governed and liabilities and costs are apportioned
pursuant to the provisions of the New York General Municipal Law, § 209-m,
which provides, inter alia, that absent agreement to the contrary, the municipality
receiving police aid (the requesting municipality) shall reimburse the municipality
providing such aid (the assisting municipality) for any money paid by it for
police salaries and other expenses incurred by it, including damage to or
loss of equipment and supplies.
§ 20-4 Requests for assistance.
When the general public interest requires it, all requests for assistance
shall be made by the Police Chief or other official in command or acting in
command of the Town of Bedford Police Department.
A.
In the event of such request for which no advance warning
is available, a request for assistance may be made by telephone directly by
the requesting municipality to each assisting municipality.
B.
All other requests for assistance shall be made in writing
sufficiently in advance of the event necessitating such aid as to enable each
assisting municipality to best utilize its police force.
C.
A requesting municipality shall request police services
from the municipalities within the mutual assistance zone, which shall also
include a response from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety.
D.
The Commissioner/Sheriff of the Westchester County Department
of Public Safety shall be notified whenever police assistance is sought from
the county or any other municipality outside of the requesting municipality's
mutual assistance zone.
§ 20-5 Included services.
The police services to be provided by the assisting municipality shall
include only the uniformed police forces of the assisting municipality, unless
specialized assistance is requested, along with all necessary equipment and
supplies as specified in the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance
Plan.
§ 20-6 Control and direction.
The police force of the assisting municipality, immediately upon assignment
to the requesting municipality, shall be under the control and direction of
the department head of the requesting municipality for the duration of their
duty within and until discharged by the requesting municipality.
§ 20-7 Costs incurred.
The cost of police services provided shall be paid by the requesting
municipality pursuant to the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance
Plan.
§ 20-8 Conditions.
The following conditions shall be met before any request for assistance
is made:
A.
The emergency condition existing in the requesting municipality
is a situation that is beyond the scope of that municipality's police
resources.
§ 20-9 Withdrawal from plan.
The Town of Bedford may withdraw from the Westchester County Police
Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan at any time, upon thirty (30) days' written
notice to each of the involved parties, and thereafter shall no longer be
considered a party to the plan.
§ 20-10 Responsibility for administration.
Pursuant to the Westchester County Police Mutual Aid and Assistance
Plan, the Commissioner/Sheriff of the Westchester County Department of Public
Safety shall assume responsibility for the administration of said plan.
§ 20-11 Authorization to enter agreement.
The Supervisor is hereby authorized to sign the Westchester County Police
Mutual Aid and Assistance Plan with the County of Westchester for participation
in said program.
§ 20-12 Penalties for offense.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this
Article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars
($250.) per day for each offense or by imprisonment not to exceed fifteen
(15) days, or both.