1961-098 Mutual Police Aid and Protection with Town of Lake ParkRESOLUTION N0. 98
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
FLORIDA, CONCERNING MUTUAL POLICE AID AND PROTECTION WITH THE TOWN
OF LAKE PARK, PALM BEACH COUNTY,
the Village of North Palm Beach and the Town of Lake Park,
Palm Beach County, Florida, are desirous of extending mutual police aid
and protection to each other in time of emergency need so long as the same
shall not jeopardize the interests of each governmental unit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE
COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Village of North Palm Beach shall render emergency
police assistance to any point within the Town of Lake Park requested.
Section 2. Each unit shall provide compensation for their own
employees and there shall be no charges from one unit to another for the
assistance.
Section 3. The equipment shall b.e dispatched to a police emergency
as follows:
In the event the Village of North Palm Beach receives.the first
notice of a police emergency in the Town df Lake Park, the Village may dis-
patch North Palm Beach personnel at once to the scene if it is deemed
expedient due to proximity or nature of the emergency. The Village of North
Palm Beach shall forthwith notify the Twon of Lake Park Police Department
of the emergency and of the fact that North Palm Beach personnel has been
dispatched. Upon the Town of Lake Park personnel arriving at the scene,
the Lake Park police official in charge shall decide whether North Palm
Beach personnel shall remain upon the scene to assist or shall be relieved.
Once the Lake Park police arrives at the scene, the direction and control
of all police activities shall be under the supervision of the Lake Park, police
In the event of any police emergency in ,Lake Park, the first
call of which shall have been answered by Lake Park police; the Lake Park
Police Chief or, in his absence, the Lake Park police officer in charge,
shall decide whether it will be helpful to obtain the assistance of the Village
of North Palm Beach police. If so, he shall telephone os radio the North Palm
Beach Police Department and request the same.
Upon receiving the request, the North Palm Beach Police Chief or
the person then in charge o f the North Palm Beach Police Department shall
have full discretion to decide whether granting the request £or aid will
jeopardize the plice protection of the Village, and,, if in his opinion it
the request shall be denied.
Resolution #~98
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(d) When in the opinion of the North Palm Beach Police Chief, or
police off ices in charge, police assistance from Lake Park will be helpful
in an emergency within the North Palm Beach corporate limits, he shall
telephone or radio the Lake Park Police D-apartment and request aid. Any
Lake Park police assistance sent to the Village shall be, under the control
and direction of the Nz~xth Palm Beach police officer in. charge.
(e} Upon receiving the above request, the Lake park police chief
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or the person in charge of the Lake Park Police Department shall have full
discretion to decide whether granting the request for aid will jeopardize
the police protection of Lake Park, and, if in his opinion it will, the
request shall be denied.
Section 4. It is hereby expressly understood that any emergency
equipment furnished by the Village of North Palm Beach shall be operated
exclusively by North Palm Beach personnel but under the direction of the
Lake Park police officer in charge.
Section 5. Each o£ the parties hereto shall arrange their liability
and workman's compensation insurance coverage so that their personnel will
be covered although acting beyond the boundaries of the municipality.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this LQth day of January, 1961.
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(SEAL)
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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